Partaker in Discourse
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Could you be more specific
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Also just on the merits, "take a position that seems like you believe something rather than incomprehensibly mealy-mouthed bullshit" seems like the right path for low-info Trump voters.
Losing my mind at the Dems with their billionaire backers and powerful friends who have come up with the brilliant strategy that the party should adopt the policy positions of the avg MAGA voter — apparently ignoring that independents and swing voters even exist. Is this what $40 million gets you??
January 19, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Also just on the merits, "take a position that seems like you believe something rather than incomprehensibly mealy-mouthed bullshit" seems like the right path for low-info Trump voters.
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My kids field trip, basketball tryout and my 8 year old’s talent show were all cancelled because a right wing youtuber harassed some daycares in a VP candidates state.
So to keep people in the loop, one of the biggest school districts in the state is closed Tuesday and Wednesday because they need to give teachers time to build hybrid options for families worried about their children getting kidnapped on the way to school by lawless masked armed federal goons.
January 18, 2026 at 8:25 PM
My kids field trip, basketball tryout and my 8 year old’s talent show were all cancelled because a right wing youtuber harassed some daycares in a VP candidates state.
This business of explicitly thinking through how best to damage their morale seems promising
I’m howling.
January 18, 2026 at 7:46 PM
This business of explicitly thinking through how best to damage their morale seems promising
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Worth pointing out that they only quote a single priest for this both-sides “we’re not martyrs” framing. He leads a small parish (planted since 2000) in a wealthy white suburb on a street called “Country Club Drive”…in the Diocese of Northern California.
The Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire told priests protesting ICE to get their wills and affairs in order. Some praise the bishop, while other priests say they never signed up to be martyrs. n.pr/45TIwwT
Amid ICE clashes, New Hampshire bishop urges clergy to prepare their wills
The Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire told priests protesting ICE to get their wills and affairs in order. Some praise the bishop, while other priests say they never signed up to be martyrs.
n.pr
January 18, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Worth pointing out that they only quote a single priest for this both-sides “we’re not martyrs” framing. He leads a small parish (planted since 2000) in a wealthy white suburb on a street called “Country Club Drive”…in the Diocese of Northern California.
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We have ~15 separate radio dispatches, one for each neighborhood, and dozens more for the suburbs/Saint Paul. Each dispatch/monitoring channel contains somewhere between 500 and 2000 people. At any given time there are probably a dozen mobile patrols and 100 on-foot observers in each neighborhood.
Does Minneapolis have a radio dispatch set up for the people who are following ICE? That's brilliant.
alright here you go
January 17, 2026 at 8:37 PM
We have ~15 separate radio dispatches, one for each neighborhood, and dozens more for the suburbs/Saint Paul. Each dispatch/monitoring channel contains somewhere between 500 and 2000 people. At any given time there are probably a dozen mobile patrols and 100 on-foot observers in each neighborhood.
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I worry about this a lot.
People are naturally preoccupied by the internal machinations in the US, but don’t forget your Metternich. When the US sneezes the world catches a cold. The 21st century has probably irreparably become dramatically more insecure than it was even a couple of months ago.
January 17, 2026 at 8:35 PM
I worry about this a lot.
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🚨"F*cking ICE is terrorizing our neighbors, they're kidnapping people, they're gassing schools, they're shooting people! We see ICE agents commit crimes on a daily basis and one of the f*cking cops just said to me that they can't do sh*t!". LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 17, 2026 at 8:13 PM
🚨"F*cking ICE is terrorizing our neighbors, they're kidnapping people, they're gassing schools, they're shooting people! We see ICE agents commit crimes on a daily basis and one of the f*cking cops just said to me that they can't do sh*t!". LIVE NOW ⬇️
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Europe has - in technical terms - an absolute sod load of potential economic leverage over the United States.
It has turned the other cheek due to security concerns.
The US seems intent on demonstrating that it will not guarantee European security.
So Europe may start using that leverage.
It has turned the other cheek due to security concerns.
The US seems intent on demonstrating that it will not guarantee European security.
So Europe may start using that leverage.
January 17, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Europe has - in technical terms - an absolute sod load of potential economic leverage over the United States.
It has turned the other cheek due to security concerns.
The US seems intent on demonstrating that it will not guarantee European security.
So Europe may start using that leverage.
It has turned the other cheek due to security concerns.
The US seems intent on demonstrating that it will not guarantee European security.
So Europe may start using that leverage.
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I think the most important phenomenon of Trump-era politics that people don't understand is that if people have to pretend to believe something for long enough they eventually start believing it for real.
I would like to think the Mad King proclaiming “I will continue to illegally raise taxes on the American people until the NATO alliance collapses” would be the type of statement to cause Congress to act, but I’m not sure there’s any red line the GOP Congress has anymore.
Trump says he'll impose a 10% tariff (rising to 25% in June) on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, because they've sent people to Greenland, until the US can buy Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I think the most important phenomenon of Trump-era politics that people don't understand is that if people have to pretend to believe something for long enough they eventually start believing it for real.
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There’s no real debate. I have witnessed a very small number of ICE activists advocating for carrying firearms or even trying to agitate by physically striking ICE vehicles, etc. Let’s be clear: the incredibly vast majority of people resisting ICE correctly believe these people are fools.
January 17, 2026 at 7:32 PM
There’s no real debate. I have witnessed a very small number of ICE activists advocating for carrying firearms or even trying to agitate by physically striking ICE vehicles, etc. Let’s be clear: the incredibly vast majority of people resisting ICE correctly believe these people are fools.
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Right. The prerogative state exists, but so far, the border with the normative state is real. They don't yet have the capacity to shift from one to the other at will
January 17, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Right. The prerogative state exists, but so far, the border with the normative state is real. They don't yet have the capacity to shift from one to the other at will
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They expect - they NEED - the people they threaten to fall in line, like the law firms and universities and media companies and billionaires and Congress did. If you say “No, make me,” they simply do not have a Plan B. TRUMP DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO MAKE YOU.
January 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM
They expect - they NEED - the people they threaten to fall in line, like the law firms and universities and media companies and billionaires and Congress did. If you say “No, make me,” they simply do not have a Plan B. TRUMP DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUYS TO MAKE YOU.
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this crystallizes why, despite truly heroic solidarity and activism, i can’t quite get in the “we’re going to win” mindset right now. the harm is so active and there’s so much violence we don’t even know about. people are being turned into ghosts.
January 17, 2026 at 4:39 PM
this crystallizes why, despite truly heroic solidarity and activism, i can’t quite get in the “we’re going to win” mindset right now. the harm is so active and there’s so much violence we don’t even know about. people are being turned into ghosts.
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The standard for “cultural revolution” according to centrist and right wing commentators is “liberals being loud about their opinions” whereas Trump is making prosecution, regulatory, and funding decisions based on the politics of the speaker but that’s also libs fault for making him mad
January 17, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The standard for “cultural revolution” according to centrist and right wing commentators is “liberals being loud about their opinions” whereas Trump is making prosecution, regulatory, and funding decisions based on the politics of the speaker but that’s also libs fault for making him mad
This is a kind of rage I dont think we've really seen in American politics before.
This is the winning message, attitude, and messenger. Period.
🚨U.S. veteran GOES ABSOLUTELY NUCLEAR ON ICE:
"I've bled for this country, I've fought for this country—they're disgracing this f*cking country and what it f*cking means! They hide behind their f*cking masks like f*cking pussies! Get them out of here!" WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
"I've bled for this country, I've fought for this country—they're disgracing this f*cking country and what it f*cking means! They hide behind their f*cking masks like f*cking pussies! Get them out of here!" WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 16, 2026 at 10:36 PM
This is a kind of rage I dont think we've really seen in American politics before.
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This is the winning message, attitude, and messenger. Period.
🚨U.S. veteran GOES ABSOLUTELY NUCLEAR ON ICE:
"I've bled for this country, I've fought for this country—they're disgracing this f*cking country and what it f*cking means! They hide behind their f*cking masks like f*cking pussies! Get them out of here!" WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
"I've bled for this country, I've fought for this country—they're disgracing this f*cking country and what it f*cking means! They hide behind their f*cking masks like f*cking pussies! Get them out of here!" WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 8:04 PM
This is the winning message, attitude, and messenger. Period.
I really and sincerely believe we need at minimum an amendment to make the pardon power subject to senate advice and consent after this, the way we made the two term limit formal after FDR. When a norm finally collapses it needs to be brought back in law.
If Congress doesn’t change the pardon process we are doomed.
January 16, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I really and sincerely believe we need at minimum an amendment to make the pardon power subject to senate advice and consent after this, the way we made the two term limit formal after FDR. When a norm finally collapses it needs to be brought back in law.
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Exactly. Dems keep trying to pivot the conversation back to affordability but what is their signature policy on this issue? Once we’re finally talking about it they have nothing to say.
aside from the obvious problem with this strategy, do dems really want to own a part of this economy when there is likely nothing they can do about it?
Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
January 16, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Exactly. Dems keep trying to pivot the conversation back to affordability but what is their signature policy on this issue? Once we’re finally talking about it they have nothing to say.
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They are canceling youth sports across the city in Minneapolis this weekend because lawless masked armed federal paramilitaries are targeting the children and families.
Minneapolis Parks and Recreation has canceled youth sports because ICE is terrorizing our community
January 16, 2026 at 6:39 PM
They are canceling youth sports across the city in Minneapolis this weekend because lawless masked armed federal paramilitaries are targeting the children and families.
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This is the sort of thing Iron Age Israelites would say would provoke God’s wrath unto the destruction of the entire civilization that did it, and it would be just for him to do so
January 16, 2026 at 6:59 AM
This is the sort of thing Iron Age Israelites would say would provoke God’s wrath unto the destruction of the entire civilization that did it, and it would be just for him to do so
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Indeed. This, in a very real sense, is the heart of what was condemned in the story of Soddom and Ghomorah
January 16, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Indeed. This, in a very real sense, is the heart of what was condemned in the story of Soddom and Ghomorah
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Everything else gets read as a character flaw within an institution. This is a violation of the social contract in a deep, premodern sense
January 16, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Everything else gets read as a character flaw within an institution. This is a violation of the social contract in a deep, premodern sense
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January 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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This is the other thing about all this. It's not like there's a big, substantive affordability platform Democrats have all agreed on that we're supposed to be choosing instead of immigration, Trump's abuses of power and all the rest. People are just saying the word "affordability" right now.
what bills to bring prices down do you have drafted up chuck
January 15, 2026 at 6:28 PM
This is the other thing about all this. It's not like there's a big, substantive affordability platform Democrats have all agreed on that we're supposed to be choosing instead of immigration, Trump's abuses of power and all the rest. People are just saying the word "affordability" right now.