RJMacReady
@rjmacready1529.bsky.social
I have trouble deciding if I prefer being funny or being right. I have snobbish opinions on movies https://boxd.it/5t2B
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my emerging theory is that the political press literally does not believe in objective reality in any meaningful sense. there is only what A says and what B says and how that affects the horse race
January 26, 2026 at 7:43 AM
my emerging theory is that the political press literally does not believe in objective reality in any meaningful sense. there is only what A says and what B says and how that affects the horse race
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Regarding the regime, the best moral argument against political violence is that, as long as mass nonviolent resistance is an option, the bar for actually justifying violent rebellion cannot be reached.
And right now, mass nonviolent resistance is kicking fucking ass.
And right now, mass nonviolent resistance is kicking fucking ass.
January 25, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Regarding the regime, the best moral argument against political violence is that, as long as mass nonviolent resistance is an option, the bar for actually justifying violent rebellion cannot be reached.
And right now, mass nonviolent resistance is kicking fucking ass.
And right now, mass nonviolent resistance is kicking fucking ass.
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Your calls are working!!
🚨 SCHUMER just now: “Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.”
January 25, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Your calls are working!!
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A "subject profile" of Öztürk that was prepared "for/in collaboration with HSI Office of Intelligence" cites her profile on the Israeli-based website Canary Mission on the third page.
It also includes her op-ed.
It also includes her op-ed.
January 23, 2026 at 4:40 PM
A "subject profile" of Öztürk that was prepared "for/in collaboration with HSI Office of Intelligence" cites her profile on the Israeli-based website Canary Mission on the third page.
It also includes her op-ed.
It also includes her op-ed.
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I feel like everyone who followed this story carefully knew that this was the role Canary Mission was playing but didn't have definitive proof yet. It's a weird feeling to just finally have something to point to.
A "subject profile" of Öztürk that was prepared "for/in collaboration with HSI Office of Intelligence" cites her profile on the Israeli-based website Canary Mission on the third page.
It also includes her op-ed.
It also includes her op-ed.
January 23, 2026 at 6:49 PM
I feel like everyone who followed this story carefully knew that this was the role Canary Mission was playing but didn't have definitive proof yet. It's a weird feeling to just finally have something to point to.
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One court decision, two different headlines.
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
January 22, 2026 at 3:30 AM
One court decision, two different headlines.
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
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Social media companies explicitly favored Trump algorithmically in their content! Local media died, people stopped reading during covid, and people got their politics from scrolling reels all day algorithmically swapped and weighted towards Trump 2024!
January 21, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Social media companies explicitly favored Trump algorithmically in their content! Local media died, people stopped reading during covid, and people got their politics from scrolling reels all day algorithmically swapped and weighted towards Trump 2024!
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The moment it was crystal clear we were in the worse case scenario, was exactly a year ago when Trump pardoned every single Jan 6 perpetrator, including the ones that beat the crap out of cops and were convicted of seditious conspiracy.
January 20, 2026 at 8:07 PM
The moment it was crystal clear we were in the worse case scenario, was exactly a year ago when Trump pardoned every single Jan 6 perpetrator, including the ones that beat the crap out of cops and were convicted of seditious conspiracy.
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My latest premium newsletter is about the increasing public appetite for getting rid of ICE, and what the centrists who tell you it's not feasible are getting wrong.
The Politics of Abolishing ICE
Some Democrats say it's not feasible - they're wrong.
stringinamaze.net
January 19, 2026 at 12:20 AM
My latest premium newsletter is about the increasing public appetite for getting rid of ICE, and what the centrists who tell you it's not feasible are getting wrong.
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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
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Y'all see what time it is?
The DOJ is not investigating ICE agent Jonathan Ross for the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a top official said Sunday.
The top DOJ official confirmed that an investigation is underway into Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
The top DOJ official confirmed that an investigation is underway into Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
Justice Department says it has no plans to investigate ICE agent who killed Renee Good and confirms Walz, Frey probe
Frey and the governor’s office both said Sunday that the DOJ has not contacted them about the investigation.
bit.ly
January 19, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Y'all see what time it is?
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Leaking this in bad faith after the fact proves that they were correct not to pick him.
What a pathetic whiner. This is not an "all Jews have dual loyalty" bias, it's a "this specific dude was so into Israel that he implied he was in the IDF when he wasn't."
Josh Shapiro Writes That Harris Team Asked if He Had Ever Been an Israeli Agent
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Leaking this in bad faith after the fact proves that they were correct not to pick him.
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trump will lose but sadly one way he has already won is just how acclimated i have gotten over the last ten years to things i previously would have thought insane, and how low my expectations are for people to be normal
January 19, 2026 at 3:12 AM
trump will lose but sadly one way he has already won is just how acclimated i have gotten over the last ten years to things i previously would have thought insane, and how low my expectations are for people to be normal
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recorded this last week
Why Congress Needs to Treat ICE Like the Ku Klux Klan
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 1:11 AM
recorded this last week
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How it started/how it's going
January 18, 2026 at 3:08 PM
How it started/how it's going
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Remember, driving down his numbers isn’t just about winning the midterms.
It’s about emboldening Americans of all stripes to stand up to him and his thugs in the streets, and ensuring the military refuses to fire on protesters when inevitably order to do so.
It’s about emboldening Americans of all stripes to stand up to him and his thugs in the streets, and ensuring the military refuses to fire on protesters when inevitably order to do so.
"A majority, 58%, calls the first year of Trump’s term a failure. . . . Fewer than half say that Trump has the stamina and sharpness to serve effectively, and just 35% call him someone they’re proud to have as president."
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
CNN poll finds majority of Americans say Trump is focused on the wrong priorities | CNN Politics
Public opinion on nearly every aspect of President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House is negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with a majority of Americans saying Trump is f...
www.cnn.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Remember, driving down his numbers isn’t just about winning the midterms.
It’s about emboldening Americans of all stripes to stand up to him and his thugs in the streets, and ensuring the military refuses to fire on protesters when inevitably order to do so.
It’s about emboldening Americans of all stripes to stand up to him and his thugs in the streets, and ensuring the military refuses to fire on protesters when inevitably order to do so.
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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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Gotta give him a credit for being able to fall asleep merely two feet away from that garbage disposal trying to cut through stainless steel soup spoon.
January 14, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Gotta give him a credit for being able to fall asleep merely two feet away from that garbage disposal trying to cut through stainless steel soup spoon.
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If you're not foregrounding that the Greenland debacle would be illegal, immoral, and requires resources that are not the president's to use then you need to get a job outside of journalism. Exact same failings as the 51st state stuff last year. These people are morons but this isn't a joke
like, none of the reporting on this has been in any way serious. what would invasion cost? what would be the costs of incorporating if greenland were willing? what’s the cost of occupation? how would any of this work legally? this is all just special birthday reporting for the make a wish president
not mentioned anywhere in this article: where and how the administration would allocate $700B from, even if greenland were willing to accept it, which they are not.
January 14, 2026 at 9:42 PM
If you're not foregrounding that the Greenland debacle would be illegal, immoral, and requires resources that are not the president's to use then you need to get a job outside of journalism. Exact same failings as the 51st state stuff last year. These people are morons but this isn't a joke
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ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
January 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
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"federal agent shot a “non-lethal” into a protester’s eye.
Then the agent dragged and choked him
grasping at the jacket binding their neck as blood pours from their left eye.
agent drags the protester by the hood of their jacket; they appear to be choking"
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Then the agent dragged and choked him
grasping at the jacket binding their neck as blood pours from their left eye.
agent drags the protester by the hood of their jacket; they appear to be choking"
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 14, 2026 at 3:11 AM
"federal agent shot a “non-lethal” into a protester’s eye.
Then the agent dragged and choked him
grasping at the jacket binding their neck as blood pours from their left eye.
agent drags the protester by the hood of their jacket; they appear to be choking"
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Then the agent dragged and choked him
grasping at the jacket binding their neck as blood pours from their left eye.
agent drags the protester by the hood of their jacket; they appear to be choking"
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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Steven catches a federal prosecutor for ICE, who missed work temporarily after he was caught, by Steven, fantasizing about owning slaves, et similia, et cetera, now back on the job a year later.
And here he is doing presumably some important stuff.
And here he is doing presumably some important stuff.
January 14, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Steven catches a federal prosecutor for ICE, who missed work temporarily after he was caught, by Steven, fantasizing about owning slaves, et similia, et cetera, now back on the job a year later.
And here he is doing presumably some important stuff.
And here he is doing presumably some important stuff.
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.