Neil Stenhouse
@nstenhouse.bsky.social
Data, research, progressive politics, climate, energy, scicomm. Formerly @EmpowerProjUS @GQRResearch @UWMadison @Mason4C. From 🇳🇿 (Palmy)
The regime position on Good and Pretti murders is “look what you made us do”
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 2:15 PM
The regime position on Good and Pretti murders is “look what you made us do”
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Note the passive voice here. They kept saying their agents would be endangered. But no protestor has taken a shot at an agent. They also told those agents that they would be supported no matter what they did, had absolute immunity. The Trump admin is responsible for the bloodshed that followed.
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Note the passive voice here. They kept saying their agents would be endangered. But no protestor has taken a shot at an agent. They also told those agents that they would be supported no matter what they did, had absolute immunity. The Trump admin is responsible for the bloodshed that followed.
The murders will continue until submissiveness improves
As @hebagowayed.bsky.social and I wrote in our Guardian article on abolishing ICE, this is Homan threatening to gun down Americans for using their free speech rights to accurately describe ICE as fascist secret police.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 29, 2026 at 2:11 PM
The murders will continue until submissiveness improves
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As @hebagowayed.bsky.social and I wrote in our Guardian article on abolishing ICE, this is Homan threatening to gun down Americans for using their free speech rights to accurately describe ICE as fascist secret police.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 29, 2026 at 2:05 PM
As @hebagowayed.bsky.social and I wrote in our Guardian article on abolishing ICE, this is Homan threatening to gun down Americans for using their free speech rights to accurately describe ICE as fascist secret police.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“What we are seeing is the weakness of strong states. Regimes that rely on repression face a challenge: The more force they deploy, the more they risk exposing their own brutality to politically persuadable observers. Overreach doesn’t just project strength; it also undermines legitimacy.” Gift link
Opinion | We’re Seeing the Weakness of a Strong State
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:55 PM
“What we are seeing is the weakness of strong states. Regimes that rely on repression face a challenge: The more force they deploy, the more they risk exposing their own brutality to politically persuadable observers. Overreach doesn’t just project strength; it also undermines legitimacy.” Gift link
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We’re Seeing the Weakness of a Strong State: The more force that strong states deploy, the more they risk exposing their own brutality to politically persuadable observers.
(@owasow.bsky.social, NYT-unlocked)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/o...
(@owasow.bsky.social, NYT-unlocked)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/o...
Opinion | We’re Seeing the Weakness of a Strong State
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:57 AM
We’re Seeing the Weakness of a Strong State: The more force that strong states deploy, the more they risk exposing their own brutality to politically persuadable observers.
(@owasow.bsky.social, NYT-unlocked)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/o...
(@owasow.bsky.social, NYT-unlocked)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/o...
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The strictly business-brained NFL exec who months ago foresaw the February 2026 vibes and then hired Bad Bunny
January 28, 2026 at 2:28 AM
The strictly business-brained NFL exec who months ago foresaw the February 2026 vibes and then hired Bad Bunny
Skeetings from Asbury Park, NJ
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Skeetings from Asbury Park, NJ
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"huge emphasis on scoops" is such a stupid fucking thing for a news boss to say anyway. Bari has zero idea what she's doing
Tuesday morning:
New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.”
Tuesday evening:
CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.”
Tuesday evening:
CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
‘CBS Evening News’: Tony Dokoupil Under Fire for Interviewing His Own Mom
Viewers accuse CBS News of 'dumbing down.'
www.yahoo.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:31 PM
"huge emphasis on scoops" is such a stupid fucking thing for a news boss to say anyway. Bari has zero idea what she's doing
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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What system of government is it when you are ruled by “a President and Stephen”
Noem rockin’ the Nuremberg. A classic, if for that reason obvious, fascist choice.
January 28, 2026 at 5:57 PM
What system of government is it when you are ruled by “a President and Stephen”
“The Trump administration was entirely correct to do an imagined thing that I wish they had done, but doing the excessively brutal ethnic cleansing they intended all along has created a debacle”
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The Trump administration was entirely correct to prioritize deportations after the collapse of immigration enforcement under his predecessors,” our columnist Ross Douthat writes, but “misplaced priorities and excessive brutality have created a debacle.”
“The Trump administration was entirely correct to prioritize deportations after the collapse of immigration enforcement under his predecessors,” our columnist Ross Douthat writes, but “misplaced priorities and excessive brutality have created a debacle.”
Opinion | Immigration Enforcement Is Unavoidably Upsetting. But This Is Something Else.
Is this really the only way to enforce the law?
nyti.ms
January 28, 2026 at 12:18 PM
“The Trump administration was entirely correct to do an imagined thing that I wish they had done, but doing the excessively brutal ethnic cleansing they intended all along has created a debacle”
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I do wish the editors would take a stronger stance against publishing lies, but as a leading conservative publication I guess that would get in the way of their mission to relentlessly troll liberals and harm vulnerable people.
January 28, 2026 at 12:10 PM
I do wish the editors would take a stronger stance against publishing lies, but as a leading conservative publication I guess that would get in the way of their mission to relentlessly troll liberals and harm vulnerable people.
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LOL. Despite this being a Harris+71 seat, Democrat Meg Luger-Nikolai won tonight by a *91-point* margin. Easily one of the wildest overperformances we’ve ever seen, given the district’s deep, deep blue lean.
Couple of special elections in very blue districts in the Twin Cities area tonight, though only one is contested. It's a +71 Harris seat, so hard for Democrats to overperform when the margins are already so lopsided, but we'll see.
Big Board -->
Big Board -->
The Downballot's special elections Big Board for the 2025-26 cycle
docs.google.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:45 AM
LOL. Despite this being a Harris+71 seat, Democrat Meg Luger-Nikolai won tonight by a *91-point* margin. Easily one of the wildest overperformances we’ve ever seen, given the district’s deep, deep blue lean.
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EXCLSUVIE: The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules and shared them with the companies they're meant to regulate, without making the new rules publicly available.
We've obtained a copy of the new rules and here's what we found.
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
We've obtained a copy of the new rules and here's what we found.
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules
The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2026 at 10:23 AM
EXCLSUVIE: The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules and shared them with the companies they're meant to regulate, without making the new rules publicly available.
We've obtained a copy of the new rules and here's what we found.
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
We've obtained a copy of the new rules and here's what we found.
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
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Melania hasn't sold a single ticket at all in Boston. This movie was an obvious bribe by Bezos and Amazon.
January 28, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Melania hasn't sold a single ticket at all in Boston. This movie was an obvious bribe by Bezos and Amazon.
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Priscilla Johnson, who was Microsoft’s director of water strategy from 2017 until 2020 and has consulted for the company since then, siad when she presented ideas for more efficient water use, her manager "basically said, ‘How am I going to justify a more expensive data center?’”
Microsoft Pledged to Save Water. In the A.I. Era, It Expects Water Use to Soar.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Priscilla Johnson, who was Microsoft’s director of water strategy from 2017 until 2020 and has consulted for the company since then, siad when she presented ideas for more efficient water use, her manager "basically said, ‘How am I going to justify a more expensive data center?’”
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The far-right AfD are at 17% in Berlin. In *Berlin*.
Die nächste Bürgermeisterin von Berlin könnte Elif Elrap heißen. Ob es so kommt, hängt unter anderem davon ab, ob die SPD endlich die Ära Giffey beenden kann.
January 28, 2026 at 12:06 PM
The far-right AfD are at 17% in Berlin. In *Berlin*.
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Don't just read the headline. This essay is my lengthy ode to the hard-fought, hard-won successes of the communitarian movement in the Twin Cities, which has been the scourge of fascists and put the most cracks in Trump's fascist front.
Nonviolence has achieved much, and will do more still.
Nonviolence has achieved much, and will do more still.
Don't Buy a Gun
Confrontational but nonviolent protest is more effective than the solipsistic comfort of an assault rifle.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Don't just read the headline. This essay is my lengthy ode to the hard-fought, hard-won successes of the communitarian movement in the Twin Cities, which has been the scourge of fascists and put the most cracks in Trump's fascist front.
Nonviolence has achieved much, and will do more still.
Nonviolence has achieved much, and will do more still.
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I am also doing this by the way.
Sources: Anthropic raises its revenue forecasts to $18B in 2026, $55B in 2027, and $148B in 2029, delaying its cash flow positive expectations by a year to 2028 (Sri Muppidi/The Information)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
January 28, 2026 at 5:12 AM
I am also doing this by the way.
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“Let’s do the fucking news”
This Sunday, Jan. 25, 60 Minutes presents “A Night at the Movies,” a special edition featuring profiles from our archives on:
• Timothée Chalamet
• Jamie Lee Curtis
• Kate Winslet
• Timothée Chalamet
• Jamie Lee Curtis
• Kate Winslet
January 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
“Let’s do the fucking news”
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Excellent @jamellebouie.net take: youtu.be/5zKZoLBYM9Y?...
Advocates for Senate Dems to call for Miller’s firing, which Gallego seems to have done between when Jamelle recorded and published the video, but also creating Bivens-like cause of action in statute
Advocates for Senate Dems to call for Miller’s firing, which Gallego seems to have done between when Jamelle recorded and published the video, but also creating Bivens-like cause of action in statute
Bovino out, Noem on the brink and Trump in retreat
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Excellent @jamellebouie.net take: youtu.be/5zKZoLBYM9Y?...
Advocates for Senate Dems to call for Miller’s firing, which Gallego seems to have done between when Jamelle recorded and published the video, but also creating Bivens-like cause of action in statute
Advocates for Senate Dems to call for Miller’s firing, which Gallego seems to have done between when Jamelle recorded and published the video, but also creating Bivens-like cause of action in statute
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southernmost point, key west, florida, 1985
January 28, 2026 at 11:36 AM
southernmost point, key west, florida, 1985