Oliver Willis
@owillis.bsky.social
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Journalists arrested as Trump team sets fire to First Amendment
Independent journalist Don Lemon, formerly of CNN, was arrested by federal agents Thursday night for reporting on an anti-ICE protest at a church in Minnesota, making him a target in President ...
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The billionaire's platform offered the massive prize money to an account littered with controversial posts.
Winner Of Elon Musk's $1 Million Award Under Fire For Racist, Anti-Immigrant Posts
The billionaire's platform offered the massive prize money to an account littered with controversial posts.
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February 4, 2026 at 9:07 PM
The billionaire's platform offered the massive prize money to an account littered with controversial posts.
she gets it
Not enough. Every single ICE and CBP agent should be out of Minnesota. The terror campaign must stop.
ICE must be abolished.
ICE must be abolished.
February 4, 2026 at 7:57 PM
she gets it
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continue to think that if instead of "raw milk" we called it "doodoo milk" people would understand the risk proposition
This is bonkers. MAHA 'farmers' with ecoli tainted raw milk admit they really don't know how to make the stuff after all.
"Producing raw milk takes careful planning from a facility and infrastructure standpoint. Unfortunately, we learned this after the fact."
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"Producing raw milk takes careful planning from a facility and infrastructure standpoint. Unfortunately, we learned this after the fact."
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Hannah Neeleman's Ballerina Farm Halts Sale of Raw Milk Due to Bacteria Concerns: Report
Hannah and Daniel Neeleman have paused Ballerina Farm's sale of raw milk following health violations discovered during routine testing. Screenings from summer 2025 showed high levels of coliform, the ...
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February 4, 2026 at 2:37 AM
continue to think that if instead of "raw milk" we called it "doodoo milk" people would understand the risk proposition
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again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
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We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
one area where the far left/leftists trail way behind liberals is comms skills. the gap is almost as wide between them as it is between liberals and the gop.
Final note on this, I'm seeing people responding, "Stancil with communication skills!? LOLz" and...my dude.
You know his name. You know what he stands for. You know what town he calls home and what he wants to do for it.
He has annoyed you into winning.
Communication skills.
You know his name. You know what he stands for. You know what town he calls home and what he wants to do for it.
He has annoyed you into winning.
Communication skills.
I find the @whstancil.bsky.social backlash strangely fascinating.
At its core it seems to be a desperate effort by folks further to the left to avoid having a liberal (with communication skills) become the face of their movement.
But, to be honest, winning was always going to require that.
At its core it seems to be a desperate effort by folks further to the left to avoid having a liberal (with communication skills) become the face of their movement.
But, to be honest, winning was always going to require that.
February 4, 2026 at 7:49 PM
one area where the far left/leftists trail way behind liberals is comms skills. the gap is almost as wide between them as it is between liberals and the gop.
the mainstream media is a lapdog for the regime. @brianstelter.bsky.social your coworkers are a joke.
After Trump tells NBC News he could maybe use a "softer touch" on immigration, we immediately get the "different tone" narrative from CNN.
Brianna Keilar: "A change of tone for the president. Softer touch."
David Chalian: "He acknowledged learning something that this requires a softer touch."
Brianna Keilar: "A change of tone for the president. Softer touch."
David Chalian: "He acknowledged learning something that this requires a softer touch."
February 4, 2026 at 7:45 PM
the mainstream media is a lapdog for the regime. @brianstelter.bsky.social your coworkers are a joke.
if elected president i will build a big beautiful billionaire prison, and elon musk and jeff bezos will pay for it. so true
I don't think it's hyperbole to say that the only way to ensure a free and just society for our children and grandchildren is to enact policies as soon as possible that tax billionaires out of existence, removes their influence from politics, and breaks up the companies they've consolidated.
February 4, 2026 at 7:44 PM
if elected president i will build a big beautiful billionaire prison, and elon musk and jeff bezos will pay for it. so true
its time for bigotry against billionaires to have its moment.
all the things they say about blacks, latinos, asian, women, lgbtqi etc -- all the smears, innuendo, etc -- we need to say it about them.
all the things they say about blacks, latinos, asian, women, lgbtqi etc -- all the smears, innuendo, etc -- we need to say it about them.
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
February 4, 2026 at 7:43 PM
its time for bigotry against billionaires to have its moment.
all the things they say about blacks, latinos, asian, women, lgbtqi etc -- all the smears, innuendo, etc -- we need to say it about them.
all the things they say about blacks, latinos, asian, women, lgbtqi etc -- all the smears, innuendo, etc -- we need to say it about them.
we saw the same tom homan press conference today as everyone in the mainstream media. but they fell for his "draw down" spin and we didn't.
Top deportation thug deems killer ICE operation 'very effective' www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Top deportation thug deems killer ICE operation 'very effective' www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Top deportation thug deems killer ICE operation 'very effective'
Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s “border czar,” held a press conference on Wednesday and claimed that the federal immigration operation in Minnesota that killed civilians and terrorized the ...
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February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
we saw the same tom homan press conference today as everyone in the mainstream media. but they fell for his "draw down" spin and we didn't.
Top deportation thug deems killer ICE operation 'very effective' www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Top deportation thug deems killer ICE operation 'very effective' www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
conservatives in 2008: two random black panthers at a polling place is how obama scared people into voting for him
conservatives in 2026: we need brownshirt ice goons at polling places to stop the dark skins from voting
conservatives in 2026: we need brownshirt ice goons at polling places to stop the dark skins from voting
February 4, 2026 at 7:39 PM
conservatives in 2008: two random black panthers at a polling place is how obama scared people into voting for him
conservatives in 2026: we need brownshirt ice goons at polling places to stop the dark skins from voting
conservatives in 2026: we need brownshirt ice goons at polling places to stop the dark skins from voting
wow weird its almost like democrats should support the good position on immigration instead of bs republican lite horseshit
Striking from new Quinnipiac poll:
*Voters prefer path to legalization over deportations for most undocs by 59-34. Among independents it's 61-33
*Majority says Trump on immigration is making America less safe
Again, there's broad rejection of the whole project, not just ICE tactics (see below)
*Voters prefer path to legalization over deportations for most undocs by 59-34. Among independents it's 61-33
*Majority says Trump on immigration is making America less safe
Again, there's broad rejection of the whole project, not just ICE tactics (see below)
February 4, 2026 at 7:37 PM
wow weird its almost like democrats should support the good position on immigration instead of bs republican lite horseshit
if you know the reference, you know
February 4, 2026 at 7:33 PM
if you know the reference, you know
given access, nbc news amplifies the bullshit even though we can see with our own goddamned eyes theres no "soft touch" at work
In an exclusive interview with Tom Llamas, President Trump tells NBC News that he believes his administration could use “a softer touch” in its immigration enforcement operations, after federal agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens last month in Minneapolis.
February 4, 2026 at 7:32 PM
given access, nbc news amplifies the bullshit even though we can see with our own goddamned eyes theres no "soft touch" at work
i adore blue maga posts like this for their disconnection from reality www.oliverexplains.com/p/biden-has-...
February 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
i adore blue maga posts like this for their disconnection from reality www.oliverexplains.com/p/biden-has-...
"ill start bulldozing it on day one" = a great way for a possible democratic presidential candidate to separate themselves from the pack. #freeidea
If this Putinesque monstrosity is built, it will be torn down soon after completion.
Trump Releases Latest Rendering of White House Ballroom Project
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February 4, 2026 at 6:09 PM
"ill start bulldozing it on day one" = a great way for a possible democratic presidential candidate to separate themselves from the pack. #freeidea
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Shoulda just taken the ICE bonus my dude
Kyle man arrested after altercation with minors during student protest in Buda
The Buda Police Department has arrested a 45-year-old man in connection with a brawl involving minors during Monday's student protest in Buda.
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February 4, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Shoulda just taken the ICE bonus my dude
the same individual donors who send millions year after year to absolute dogshit congressional campaigns that have no chance of winning should be organized into financing for media ventures. the amount dems wasted on races in ky, sc alone could have launched about 4 media outlets.
I am not challenging this but I'd like to hear more. It really looks like the right can fund all these media efforts because they have the money. Where will the left get that kind of money? How does the election-ad money move over into media? If you've explained before, could you give me a link?
February 4, 2026 at 5:58 PM
the same individual donors who send millions year after year to absolute dogshit congressional campaigns that have no chance of winning should be organized into financing for media ventures. the amount dems wasted on races in ky, sc alone could have launched about 4 media outlets.
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A thing that is funny about the moral grandstanding by Repubs re: Christopher Columbus is that nobody knew or cared about him 100 years ago. His "holiday" is barely 50 years old and was pushed through by Italian-American lobby groups in response to...anti-immigrant prejudice.
February 4, 2026 at 5:23 PM
A thing that is funny about the moral grandstanding by Repubs re: Christopher Columbus is that nobody knew or cared about him 100 years ago. His "holiday" is barely 50 years old and was pushed through by Italian-American lobby groups in response to...anti-immigrant prejudice.
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Powerful
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Powerful
Communism sharia law in action!
New analysis reveals New York City just had its safest January on record.
Homicides plunged 60 percent, and shooting incidents dropped by 20 percent compared to January 2025.
Homicides plunged 60 percent, and shooting incidents dropped by 20 percent compared to January 2025.
February 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Communism sharia law in action!
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Suburban observers say ICE has only been more aggressive since Homan: “I think they’re getting angry that we’re winning and the country is rallying around us. We’re so organized and we act with such integrity. They don’t want to admit they feel threatened by us.”
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Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
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February 4, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Suburban observers say ICE has only been more aggressive since Homan: “I think they’re getting angry that we’re winning and the country is rallying around us. We’re so organized and we act with such integrity. They don’t want to admit they feel threatened by us.”
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Huh. I wonder where Bezos could have found $75 million to avoid layoffs.
February 4, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Huh. I wonder where Bezos could have found $75 million to avoid layoffs.
air america was a bad idea poorly executed over 20 years ago and it keeps being held up as a reason why liberals shouldnt invest in media ventures. makes no sense.
Air America.
February 4, 2026 at 4:05 PM
air america was a bad idea poorly executed over 20 years ago and it keeps being held up as a reason why liberals shouldnt invest in media ventures. makes no sense.