Steph
@rantsbydesign.bsky.social
Lucy's human companion. Singer. Writer. EDM. Cheese. GenX bitch. She/her.
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Between me and the democratic governor who DOESN’T think ICE should be abolished, who would you say is enabling fascism more
January 30, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Between me and the democratic governor who DOESN’T think ICE should be abolished, who would you say is enabling fascism more
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I just realized: nobody listens to leftists because then they'd have to admit we're right and we've been right the whole time, and that this system sucks, actually, and they've been on the wrong side their entire lives.
January 29, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I just realized: nobody listens to leftists because then they'd have to admit we're right and we've been right the whole time, and that this system sucks, actually, and they've been on the wrong side their entire lives.
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the root problem of "secret police" isn't the "secret" part
January 30, 2026 at 1:47 AM
the root problem of "secret police" isn't the "secret" part
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I get that Donald’s time as bass player in Cibo Matto bought him credibility with Gen X but come on. He was only in the band for like two years
Backing up The Argument in NYT/Siena, Gen X still has an astonishing 49% approval for Trump (!), while Boomers have dipped to 42%.
Gen X is currently tracking at 12 pts to the right of the electorate on the generic ballot. Now 9 pts to the right of Boomers, which has to be the largest gap ever.
Gen X is currently tracking at 12 pts to the right of the electorate on the generic ballot. Now 9 pts to the right of Boomers, which has to be the largest gap ever.
January 30, 2026 at 2:06 AM
I get that Donald’s time as bass player in Cibo Matto bought him credibility with Gen X but come on. He was only in the band for like two years
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The problem with the Democrats isn't that they're bad at resistance it's that they're good at collaboration
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
HOW THE FUCK ARE THEY SO BAD AT THIS?!?
January 30, 2026 at 1:48 AM
The problem with the Democrats isn't that they're bad at resistance it's that they're good at collaboration
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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there’s something about the fixation on polling when people are being brutalized in the streets by federal agents that doesn’t sit quite right
January 29, 2026 at 9:18 PM
there’s something about the fixation on polling when people are being brutalized in the streets by federal agents that doesn’t sit quite right
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I feel bad for our country. And the content hasn’t been great either.
January 30, 2026 at 12:20 AM
I feel bad for our country. And the content hasn’t been great either.
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Girl, if you really had a problem with “child pornography” you’d get the fuck off of Twitter
January 30, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Girl, if you really had a problem with “child pornography” you’d get the fuck off of Twitter
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People are asking a lot “how is this happening?” It’s happening the way abolitionists have warned you for decades it’s happening — you can’t dehumanize whole groups of people, pay for their brutalization & not expect for more bounty hunters to come.
January 30, 2026 at 1:15 AM
People are asking a lot “how is this happening?” It’s happening the way abolitionists have warned you for decades it’s happening — you can’t dehumanize whole groups of people, pay for their brutalization & not expect for more bounty hunters to come.
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For its next step, ICE is turning warehouses into massive detention centres, the largest of which is more than four times the capacity of the largest prison in Britain www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for ‘mega centers’ and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:01 PM
For its next step, ICE is turning warehouses into massive detention centres, the largest of which is more than four times the capacity of the largest prison in Britain www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Grimly hilarious that Darren Aronofsky made MOTHER! (2017) as an attempt to — as he put it to me in an interview — "howl at the moon" about how the world wasn't taking climate change seriously… and then went on to make a series with fucking GenAI data centers
Great job stewarding the earth, asshole
Great job stewarding the earth, asshole
January 29, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Grimly hilarious that Darren Aronofsky made MOTHER! (2017) as an attempt to — as he put it to me in an interview — "howl at the moon" about how the world wasn't taking climate change seriously… and then went on to make a series with fucking GenAI data centers
Great job stewarding the earth, asshole
Great job stewarding the earth, asshole
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Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
January 29, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.
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One of the hardest things to explain to people who aren’t here is the very real feeling that we are in a war against the federal government. Not only are we occupied by unaccountable armed, masked paramilitaries, but we are constantly aware our neighbors might be abducted in the blink of an eye.
Was he actually approaching Minnesota as a regime change
January 29, 2026 at 11:04 PM
One of the hardest things to explain to people who aren’t here is the very real feeling that we are in a war against the federal government. Not only are we occupied by unaccountable armed, masked paramilitaries, but we are constantly aware our neighbors might be abducted in the blink of an eye.
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This is where people snatched up in Trump's occupation of Minneapolis and Saint Paul are being sent.
After the first death at the notorious "tent city" at Fort Bliss, advocates warned ICE that detainees reported extreme physical and sexual abuse at the facility.
Within weeks, two men were dead.
After the first death at the notorious "tent city" at Fort Bliss, advocates warned ICE that detainees reported extreme physical and sexual abuse at the facility.
Within weeks, two men were dead.
ICE Was Warned About Conditions at Fort Bliss Migrant Jail. Then 2 Men Died.
Immigrant rights activists and elected officials are calling to shut down Camp East Montana.
truthout.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:36 PM
This is where people snatched up in Trump's occupation of Minneapolis and Saint Paul are being sent.
After the first death at the notorious "tent city" at Fort Bliss, advocates warned ICE that detainees reported extreme physical and sexual abuse at the facility.
Within weeks, two men were dead.
After the first death at the notorious "tent city" at Fort Bliss, advocates warned ICE that detainees reported extreme physical and sexual abuse at the facility.
Within weeks, two men were dead.
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interesting how *elite* in the american context means not only politicians and rich people, but also the coterie of court wizards they assemble to keep entertained. so you get like noam chomsky, laurence krauss, david brooks, etc all defending and/or participating in billionaire rape privledges
i dont think a sizable portion of our elites are pedophiles but i think many, if not most, believe that being an elite means you should get away with being a pedophile (and virtually anything else) and are willing to defend that class privledge even in the face of widespread public condemnation
>named in Epstein files
>>gets hired at the Atlantic and Yale
>>gets hired at the Atlantic and Yale
January 29, 2026 at 10:20 PM
interesting how *elite* in the american context means not only politicians and rich people, but also the coterie of court wizards they assemble to keep entertained. so you get like noam chomsky, laurence krauss, david brooks, etc all defending and/or participating in billionaire rape privledges
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The state of american politics is that one major party wants to kill you while the other simply wants you to die
January 29, 2026 at 10:13 PM
The state of american politics is that one major party wants to kill you while the other simply wants you to die
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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham supports a legislative push to ban 287(g) agreements, which entail local officials sending inmates at local jails into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, a spokesperson told Source New Mexico on Thursday.
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Gov supports NM ban on local law enforcement agreements with ICE • Source New Mexico
Lujan Grisham had already endorsed the "Immigrant Safety Act" but hadn't yet weighed on an amendment to it banning 287(g) agreements.
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January 29, 2026 at 11:53 PM
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham supports a legislative push to ban 287(g) agreements, which entail local officials sending inmates at local jails into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, a spokesperson told Source New Mexico on Thursday.
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"Hello, defeat? This is Chuck Schumer. I need to snatch you out of victory's jaws once again."
January 29, 2026 at 11:54 PM
"Hello, defeat? This is Chuck Schumer. I need to snatch you out of victory's jaws once again."
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Who created the chaos, Joe?
January 29, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Who created the chaos, Joe?
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🚨"They're stealing the car!"
As Tom Homan vows "safer" ICE operations, ICE rammed into a driver's car in Minneapolis—in front of an elementary school—then chased him. After failing to catch him—they stole his car. "Back up before I f*cking spray you!" ICE yelled at observers ⬇️
As Tom Homan vows "safer" ICE operations, ICE rammed into a driver's car in Minneapolis—in front of an elementary school—then chased him. After failing to catch him—they stole his car. "Back up before I f*cking spray you!" ICE yelled at observers ⬇️
January 29, 2026 at 7:28 PM
🚨"They're stealing the car!"
As Tom Homan vows "safer" ICE operations, ICE rammed into a driver's car in Minneapolis—in front of an elementary school—then chased him. After failing to catch him—they stole his car. "Back up before I f*cking spray you!" ICE yelled at observers ⬇️
As Tom Homan vows "safer" ICE operations, ICE rammed into a driver's car in Minneapolis—in front of an elementary school—then chased him. After failing to catch him—they stole his car. "Back up before I f*cking spray you!" ICE yelled at observers ⬇️
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Yeah, Reuters is reporting that ICE is now explicitly ordering agents to turn back whenever they see "agitators" like @whstancil.bsky.social, which logically means they can no longer abduct people at the presence of watchers and commuters
www.reuters.com/world/ice-of...
www.reuters.com/world/ice-of...
January 29, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Yeah, Reuters is reporting that ICE is now explicitly ordering agents to turn back whenever they see "agitators" like @whstancil.bsky.social, which logically means they can no longer abduct people at the presence of watchers and commuters
www.reuters.com/world/ice-of...
www.reuters.com/world/ice-of...
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You ever watch a video of Kirsten the American Girl Doll, centering that she was an immigrant to Minnesota while Rage Against the Machine killing in the name of plays in the background?
January 30, 2026 at 12:03 AM
You ever watch a video of Kirsten the American Girl Doll, centering that she was an immigrant to Minnesota while Rage Against the Machine killing in the name of plays in the background?
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This is so unhinged
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
This is so unhinged
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Hell yeah, 17 year old!
January 29, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Hell yeah, 17 year old!