Opal
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I do crochet stuff and sometimes math stuff. (she/her)
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KIDNAPPED. You don’t arrest a child. The word you’re looking for is KIDNAPPED.
January 22, 2026 at 12:21 AM
KIDNAPPED. You don’t arrest a child. The word you’re looking for is KIDNAPPED.
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They can’t do it because it points out that they themselves are doing nothing to help. Maybe three of them saying Abolish ICE. The rest are talking about retraining and body cams and QR codes.
Could a Democrat, any Democrat, release a statement actually thanking the people that have been out there doing the fucking work instead of this constant scolding tone for the love of God
Respectfully, look at this fucking bullshit that we’re dealing with, not a single person here has “taken the bait.” We have born witness as little kids are used as bait and neighbors are kidnapped on our streets. A mad dipshit is going to invoke the Insurrection Act regardless and you are blaming us
January 22, 2026 at 7:18 AM
They can’t do it because it points out that they themselves are doing nothing to help. Maybe three of them saying Abolish ICE. The rest are talking about retraining and body cams and QR codes.
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Democratic leadership is terrified of being seen on the side of the people of Minneapolis, least they lose the potential future support of pro-cop people whose support they do not and never will have.
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
January 22, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Democratic leadership is terrified of being seen on the side of the people of Minneapolis, least they lose the potential future support of pro-cop people whose support they do not and never will have.
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bro there’s a gofundme to crowdfund attorney fees for a preschooler who was kidnapped by our federal government and shipped across state lines and his senator is posting about high school hockey while every other elected official is debating whether to give a zillion more dollars to the kidnappers
January 22, 2026 at 3:51 AM
bro there’s a gofundme to crowdfund attorney fees for a preschooler who was kidnapped by our federal government and shipped across state lines and his senator is posting about high school hockey while every other elected official is debating whether to give a zillion more dollars to the kidnappers
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I.e. acts like an entitled cis, straight, white guy.
When ChatGPT says something false, it
a) praises you for picking up on that
b) makes an excuse why it was wrong
c) admits that this excuse is also untrue
d) apologises for sounding confident but wrong
e) insists it wasn't lying (but well done you for pondering that) as lying requires intention.
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a) praises you for picking up on that
b) makes an excuse why it was wrong
c) admits that this excuse is also untrue
d) apologises for sounding confident but wrong
e) insists it wasn't lying (but well done you for pondering that) as lying requires intention.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:34 AM
I.e. acts like an entitled cis, straight, white guy.
Option 5: Trump didn't understand what Rutte offered, doesn't understand what he THINKS Rutte offered, doesn't understand any of the small-word explanations given to him by staffers, and his main impression is that this should count as a "war" he ended.
Not forgetting option 4 - Trump has completely misunderstood what Rutte offered
So, 3 broad possibilities here:
1) Rutte agreed to something of substance pre-cleared with Copenhagen & Nuuk
2) Rutte agreed to something of substance *not* pre-cleared with Copenhagen & Nuuk
3) Rutte agreed to something of no substance but that made Trump feel warm and fuzzy and important
1) Rutte agreed to something of substance pre-cleared with Copenhagen & Nuuk
2) Rutte agreed to something of substance *not* pre-cleared with Copenhagen & Nuuk
3) Rutte agreed to something of no substance but that made Trump feel warm and fuzzy and important
January 21, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Option 5: Trump didn't understand what Rutte offered, doesn't understand what he THINKS Rutte offered, doesn't understand any of the small-word explanations given to him by staffers, and his main impression is that this should count as a "war" he ended.
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Food $200
Data $150
Rent $800
Cops $7,338,600,3921
Utility $150
someone who is good at the cost of living please help me budget this. my family is dying
Data $150
Rent $800
Cops $7,338,600,3921
Utility $150
someone who is good at the cost of living please help me budget this. my family is dying
To quote one source:
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Food $200
Data $150
Rent $800
Cops $7,338,600,3921
Utility $150
someone who is good at the cost of living please help me budget this. my family is dying
Data $150
Rent $800
Cops $7,338,600,3921
Utility $150
someone who is good at the cost of living please help me budget this. my family is dying
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I sort of am becoming a statue posting “REMEMBER WHAT THEY TOOK FROM YOU” because they are in fact taking things from me, right now.
the western alliance was born in the fires of the most catastrophic conflict in the history of the world. republicans are spitting on the graves of the dead. these men and women are human filth.
Genuinely insane we are living in a world where the Danish have to deploy a battlegroup to protect themselves against America. Makes my blood turn molten, honestly
January 21, 2026 at 2:46 AM
I sort of am becoming a statue posting “REMEMBER WHAT THEY TOOK FROM YOU” because they are in fact taking things from me, right now.
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I’m becoming socially conservative in that I’m becoming a real tightass about civic virtue & honor. Fuck your boyfriend & his husband wearing dogsuits in private if you want, I don’t care at all, but I’m becoming pretty humorless about people feeling they have no obligation to any civic project
January 21, 2026 at 2:50 AM
I’m becoming socially conservative in that I’m becoming a real tightass about civic virtue & honor. Fuck your boyfriend & his husband wearing dogsuits in private if you want, I don’t care at all, but I’m becoming pretty humorless about people feeling they have no obligation to any civic project
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Not to get all stentorian, but both my grandfathers served in WW2, and one of them died from its lingering sting decades later (chronic injuries). An ocean of fucking blood shed, the highest price imaginable paid to create a world where this shit didn’t happen, undone for *nothing*. Fuck you!
January 21, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Not to get all stentorian, but both my grandfathers served in WW2, and one of them died from its lingering sting decades later (chronic injuries). An ocean of fucking blood shed, the highest price imaginable paid to create a world where this shit didn’t happen, undone for *nothing*. Fuck you!
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People are saying you have to accept repentance and changed minds, but what does that mean, for someone like this? Do we need to accept someone who says “I realized I’m against his anti-Somali policy and looking for someone who likes Somalis but hates all the other people I hate”?
Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
January 20, 2026 at 11:16 PM
People are saying you have to accept repentance and changed minds, but what does that mean, for someone like this? Do we need to accept someone who says “I realized I’m against his anti-Somali policy and looking for someone who likes Somalis but hates all the other people I hate”?
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The collapsing American empire is a runaway train we’re simultaneously passengers on and tied to the tracks in front of. We can either search for ways to survive or just scream until we’re dead, and one feels a lot better than the other.
January 20, 2026 at 10:07 PM
The collapsing American empire is a runaway train we’re simultaneously passengers on and tied to the tracks in front of. We can either search for ways to survive or just scream until we’re dead, and one feels a lot better than the other.
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I do have to point out that even with a more-accepting society, there is a gulf between "I am okay with queers" and "I am okay with my kid being a queer". People can support LGBT rights in the abstract and then get spooked when their own precious cinnamon roll makes them a "non-traditional family".
January 21, 2026 at 7:02 AM
I do have to point out that even with a more-accepting society, there is a gulf between "I am okay with queers" and "I am okay with my kid being a queer". People can support LGBT rights in the abstract and then get spooked when their own precious cinnamon roll makes them a "non-traditional family".
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i am very worried there is an emerging consensus from "trans-supportive" cishets in the US that's basically "you can be trans, but not if you're a child". trans rights ok if they don't have to cede property "rights" over their kids
there is no trans liberation without youth liberation
there is no trans liberation without youth liberation
I do have to point out that even with a more-accepting society, there is a gulf between "I am okay with queers" and "I am okay with my kid being a queer". People can support LGBT rights in the abstract and then get spooked when their own precious cinnamon roll makes them a "non-traditional family".
January 21, 2026 at 8:27 AM
i am very worried there is an emerging consensus from "trans-supportive" cishets in the US that's basically "you can be trans, but not if you're a child". trans rights ok if they don't have to cede property "rights" over their kids
there is no trans liberation without youth liberation
there is no trans liberation without youth liberation
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When the government demands that an institution provides a list of all the Jewish employees, the outcome is never a good one
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
Penn Calls Government’s Demand for Lists of Jewish Staff ‘Disconcerting’
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:32 PM
When the government demands that an institution provides a list of all the Jewish employees, the outcome is never a good one
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
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Kahless tells us that the darker it is, the more the smallest light stands out. A true warrior tries to be a light in the darkness, a beacon to others of honor to find and join and blaze all the brighter, and push back the dark together.
January 20, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Kahless tells us that the darker it is, the more the smallest light stands out. A true warrior tries to be a light in the darkness, a beacon to others of honor to find and join and blaze all the brighter, and push back the dark together.
I mean, seems common-sense to me. My friends will tell you only to trust me with a Gatling gun if I'm honest enough to tell the cashier that I have an aftermarket cunt.
The DOJ is weighing rolling back gun restrictions but implementing a form change requiring applicants purchasing a gun to list their "biological sex at birth" which would serve to out trans people and potentially target them with criminal charges if they list their current sex or gender identity.
January 20, 2026 at 3:45 AM
I mean, seems common-sense to me. My friends will tell you only to trust me with a Gatling gun if I'm honest enough to tell the cashier that I have an aftermarket cunt.
Well THAT earthquake nearly made me shit myself. Christ almighty.
January 19, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Well THAT earthquake nearly made me shit myself. Christ almighty.
This is exactly how I imagine the weird kid in my 7th grade homeroom would look after smelling pussy for the first time.
Wiki: In 2007, Meiner moved to Miami Beach and joined the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a civil law enforcement attorney. Multiple female staff complained about inappropriate behavior & unwanted sexual advances.
He is married to his wife, Shayna and has two children
He is married to his wife, Shayna and has two children
January 19, 2026 at 7:46 PM
This is exactly how I imagine the weird kid in my 7th grade homeroom would look after smelling pussy for the first time.
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Republican Nazis thought we would greet ICE as liberators. They fundamentally do not understand human decency.
Trump is privately worried about the "optics" of ICE raids and his advisers are looking for ways to soften them, Axios reports. I'm calling bullshit: The terror and violence cannot be hived off from the broader policy agenda. They are 100% intrinsic to it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
Trump’s Own Advisers Suddenly Unnerved as ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn
So the president doesn’t like the “optics” of what ICE is doing. But there’s no such thing as sanitized, popular mass deportations—and this is by design.
newrepublic.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Republican Nazis thought we would greet ICE as liberators. They fundamentally do not understand human decency.
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NORWAY PM: I HAVE REPEATEDLY CLEARLY EXPLAINED TO TRUMP THAT IT IS AN INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE THAT AWARDS THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
January 19, 2026 at 9:50 AM
NORWAY PM: I HAVE REPEATEDLY CLEARLY EXPLAINED TO TRUMP THAT IT IS AN INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE THAT AWARDS THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
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1️⃣ He didn't say that.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
January 19, 2026 at 10:34 AM
1️⃣ He didn't say that.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
"For the first time in history, Philadelphia and Trenton are COLLABORATING..."
ICE agents descending en masse on Philly would be like if Wile E. Coyote invaded a city of Roadrunners
January 19, 2026 at 1:55 AM
"For the first time in history, Philadelphia and Trenton are COLLABORATING..."
Strange men are using teddy bears to lure children into their vans and whisk them away, never to be seen again.
There was a time in this country when motherfuckers like that got their skulls introduced to a selection of local baseball bats.
There was a time in this country when motherfuckers like that got their skulls introduced to a selection of local baseball bats.
ICE agents. are putting. stuffed animals. on dashboards. to fool children. into thinking. they won't be kidnapped.
Thanks. We have folks in our community giving vulnerable students rides to school, and a teacher shared that they were putting small stuffed animals on their dashboards to help kids identify safe cars. ICE picked up on it and started doing the same. Horrifying.
January 18, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Strange men are using teddy bears to lure children into their vans and whisk them away, never to be seen again.
There was a time in this country when motherfuckers like that got their skulls introduced to a selection of local baseball bats.
There was a time in this country when motherfuckers like that got their skulls introduced to a selection of local baseball bats.
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ICE agents. are putting. stuffed animals. on dashboards. to fool children. into thinking. they won't be kidnapped.
Thanks. We have folks in our community giving vulnerable students rides to school, and a teacher shared that they were putting small stuffed animals on their dashboards to help kids identify safe cars. ICE picked up on it and started doing the same. Horrifying.
January 18, 2026 at 9:04 PM
ICE agents. are putting. stuffed animals. on dashboards. to fool children. into thinking. they won't be kidnapped.