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“Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary.”
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If the US right wing (Tucker Carlson here) can join the dots between escalation of imperial violence abroad and Trump's domestic repression at home, then why are Democrat politicians doing "affordability" politics?
"Violence around the world is desensitizing Americans to violence at home.”
"Violence around the world is desensitizing Americans to violence at home.”
January 9, 2026 at 4:14 PM
If the US right wing (Tucker Carlson here) can join the dots between escalation of imperial violence abroad and Trump's domestic repression at home, then why are Democrat politicians doing "affordability" politics?
"Violence around the world is desensitizing Americans to violence at home.”
"Violence around the world is desensitizing Americans to violence at home.”
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Not just Mexican restaurants. Many places are doing this, including some McDonald’s and supermarkets.
this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
January 19, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Not just Mexican restaurants. Many places are doing this, including some McDonald’s and supermarkets.
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This is the second reported immigrant death at the very same ICE facility
The first was likely to be classified as a homicide
They are putting Latino men in “detention” camps and killing them
The first was likely to be classified as a homicide
They are putting Latino men in “detention” camps and killing them
January 19, 2026 at 2:15 AM
This is the second reported immigrant death at the very same ICE facility
The first was likely to be classified as a homicide
They are putting Latino men in “detention” camps and killing them
The first was likely to be classified as a homicide
They are putting Latino men in “detention” camps and killing them
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We are now in the "steal their gold" phase of this Nazi era reboot.
January 19, 2026 at 2:40 AM
We are now in the "steal their gold" phase of this Nazi era reboot.
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"A protester detained, her bra removed and wedding ring cut off, and some of her clothes never returned..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
In Minneapolis, a Pattern of Misconduct Toward Protesters
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:29 AM
"A protester detained, her bra removed and wedding ring cut off, and some of her clothes never returned..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
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The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
But Americans who want to save the alliance with Europe must have no illusions about how bad a condition this transatlantic partnership is in.
January 18, 2026 at 10:05 PM
The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
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The regime’s paramilitary forces are conducting a campaign of ethnic cleansing.
Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
January 19, 2026 at 2:08 AM
The regime’s paramilitary forces are conducting a campaign of ethnic cleansing.
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One asymmetric info issue that Dems have to figure a way to handle is that religious Christians are going to hear a lot more about this than the priest who got shot in the face by ICE with pepper balls
Per AAG Harmeet Dhillon’s X page, the DOJ is now investigating this protest.
This may frustrate the Trump admin’s religious critics, as the DOJ doesn’t appear to have investigated (at least publicly) any of the incidents where clergy have been shot w/pepper balls/tear gas/etc. by DHS agents.
This may frustrate the Trump admin’s religious critics, as the DOJ doesn’t appear to have investigated (at least publicly) any of the incidents where clergy have been shot w/pepper balls/tear gas/etc. by DHS agents.
January 19, 2026 at 2:12 AM
One asymmetric info issue that Dems have to figure a way to handle is that religious Christians are going to hear a lot more about this than the priest who got shot in the face by ICE with pepper balls
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There’s nothing sallow children enjoy more after being forced to finish an enormous bowl of tallow-infused gruel than a cup of whole milk!
The department of agriculture posted this bizarre video on X of children who look like their in a period piece horror movie drinking milk under duress and like I just want to know why? Like what the fuck is this? Why are they being weird about milk? Who are these kids? Are they ok? What the fuck???
January 18, 2026 at 11:32 PM
There’s nothing sallow children enjoy more after being forced to finish an enormous bowl of tallow-infused gruel than a cup of whole milk!
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Yup. The actual "protests" are rare. They're happening, but they're not the main story. The main story is Will Stancil chasing down ICE agents in his Honda, people across the city doing grocery runs for neighbors no questions asked, people dropping everything they're doing to respond to whistles.
This is the thing. There ARE protests here but the bigger story (and what you see in most of the clips online) is that many people here are just going about their daily lives **but constantly vigilant and running in to help the second it's needed.**
(Many others, of course, are hiding for safety)
(Many others, of course, are hiding for safety)
Regular people are, at a moment’s notice, dropping everything to go watch armed masked goons. They blow whistles to notify other neighbors to come out of their homes and record what is happening and get the vulnerable inside. ICE hates it because they don’t want people to know what they are doing.
January 18, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Yup. The actual "protests" are rare. They're happening, but they're not the main story. The main story is Will Stancil chasing down ICE agents in his Honda, people across the city doing grocery runs for neighbors no questions asked, people dropping everything they're doing to respond to whistles.
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Because the media does not know how to frame what is happening, they keep referring to regular Minnesotans as protesters. But there is very explicit training that so many people done to learn how to be a constitutional observer. People are bearing witness to kidnappings, with phones and whistles.
by @democraticwins.bsky.social CNN just aired a devastating compilation of all the times ICE brutally attacked Americans. Remember, Donald Trump sponsored this. This is done at his command.
January 16, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Because the media does not know how to frame what is happening, they keep referring to regular Minnesotans as protesters. But there is very explicit training that so many people done to learn how to be a constitutional observer. People are bearing witness to kidnappings, with phones and whistles.
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The only thing that seems gives them pause is the presence of white Minnesotans, which is why there are now parent school patrols at almost every school in the cities. Neighbors visibly in high-viz vests to alert ICE if they try to kidnap kids, parents, or teachers that the task will be annoying.
January 16, 2026 at 12:36 PM
The only thing that seems gives them pause is the presence of white Minnesotans, which is why there are now parent school patrols at almost every school in the cities. Neighbors visibly in high-viz vests to alert ICE if they try to kidnap kids, parents, or teachers that the task will be annoying.
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They've changed their faces to please the patriarchy. It's not about what types of women those patriarchal men personally prefer; it's about showing those men that they are willing to submit. And it's a specific kind of look. It shows their willingness to be controlled.
January 18, 2026 at 11:23 PM
They've changed their faces to please the patriarchy. It's not about what types of women those patriarchal men personally prefer; it's about showing those men that they are willing to submit. And it's a specific kind of look. It shows their willingness to be controlled.
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look he's seen the polling, this is not a statement about what's effective, it's a statement about what they want to be committed to doing with power should they win. if they run on opposing ICE then they'll have to actually oppose ICE. this is ideology masquerading as electoral strategy
NEW: In this interview, Chuck Schumer describes the "five buckets" Dems think are key to their possibly winning a Senate majority in 2026: housing, "the high price of food [and] food monopolies playing a major role there," electricity, "the high cost of childcare," and health care.
Zero Chucks Left to Give
Chuck Schumer now sees a path back to the majority. Can he manage his way through it?
www.thebulwark.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:18 AM
look he's seen the polling, this is not a statement about what's effective, it's a statement about what they want to be committed to doing with power should they win. if they run on opposing ICE then they'll have to actually oppose ICE. this is ideology masquerading as electoral strategy
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Not a single ICE agent has been killed on the job in the US in the last 20 years.
Meanwhile, 32 people died in ICE custody in 2025, making it the deadliest year since 2004.
This isn't a "both sides" issue and there's no reforming an agency created to brutalize & dehumanize immigrants.
#AbolishICE
Meanwhile, 32 people died in ICE custody in 2025, making it the deadliest year since 2004.
This isn't a "both sides" issue and there's no reforming an agency created to brutalize & dehumanize immigrants.
#AbolishICE
"We've seen over a thousand percent increase in assaults on ICE officers, 8,000 verbal assaults on them...."
January 18, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Not a single ICE agent has been killed on the job in the US in the last 20 years.
Meanwhile, 32 people died in ICE custody in 2025, making it the deadliest year since 2004.
This isn't a "both sides" issue and there's no reforming an agency created to brutalize & dehumanize immigrants.
#AbolishICE
Meanwhile, 32 people died in ICE custody in 2025, making it the deadliest year since 2004.
This isn't a "both sides" issue and there's no reforming an agency created to brutalize & dehumanize immigrants.
#AbolishICE
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OGs know that Mamdani does actually like cats, he is as warm to the bodega managers as any other constituent
but he’s really putting in the work to spread the good news about bidets, true moral leadership
but he’s really putting in the work to spread the good news about bidets, true moral leadership
January 18, 2026 at 12:53 PM
OGs know that Mamdani does actually like cats, he is as warm to the bodega managers as any other constituent
but he’s really putting in the work to spread the good news about bidets, true moral leadership
but he’s really putting in the work to spread the good news about bidets, true moral leadership
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Everything that happens in this country is a choice.
San Francisco to make childcare free for families earning up to $230,000
Officials to offer 50% subsidy up to $310,000 in effort to make one of world’s most expensive cities more affordable
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Everything that happens in this country is a choice.
Minnesota is more metal than I realized
When it’s COLD cold, you have to avoid coughing hard or sneezing because you could seriously damage your eyeballs.
Did you know that? Do newcomers know that?
It’s not wear-a-scarf cold. It’s eyeballs explode cold.
There’s a bunch of stuff like that.
Did you know that? Do newcomers know that?
It’s not wear-a-scarf cold. It’s eyeballs explode cold.
There’s a bunch of stuff like that.
January 19, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Minnesota is more metal than I realized
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When it’s COLD cold, you have to avoid coughing hard or sneezing because you could seriously damage your eyeballs.
Did you know that? Do newcomers know that?
It’s not wear-a-scarf cold. It’s eyeballs explode cold.
There’s a bunch of stuff like that.
Did you know that? Do newcomers know that?
It’s not wear-a-scarf cold. It’s eyeballs explode cold.
There’s a bunch of stuff like that.
January 18, 2026 at 6:48 PM
When it’s COLD cold, you have to avoid coughing hard or sneezing because you could seriously damage your eyeballs.
Did you know that? Do newcomers know that?
It’s not wear-a-scarf cold. It’s eyeballs explode cold.
There’s a bunch of stuff like that.
Did you know that? Do newcomers know that?
It’s not wear-a-scarf cold. It’s eyeballs explode cold.
There’s a bunch of stuff like that.
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Hi. MN getting a lot of attention right now.
Do NOT underestimate weather’s potential to absolutely BREAK people here, especially new-to-towners.
When it snows hard, drops to way below zero, everything frozen, it can make you stop functioning. Horrify and immobilize you. Changes EVERYTHING.
Do NOT underestimate weather’s potential to absolutely BREAK people here, especially new-to-towners.
When it snows hard, drops to way below zero, everything frozen, it can make you stop functioning. Horrify and immobilize you. Changes EVERYTHING.
As of late morning, snow was falling in the Red River Valley with northerly winds gusting to more than 40 mph. Weather stations were reporting near-zero visibility at times.
Blizzard conditions cause highway closures in Red River Valley
State transportation officials in Minnesota and North Dakota closed highways in the Red River Valley on Sunday, as fresh snow and gusty winds combined to create blizzard conditions across the region.
www.mprnews.org
January 18, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Hi. MN getting a lot of attention right now.
Do NOT underestimate weather’s potential to absolutely BREAK people here, especially new-to-towners.
When it snows hard, drops to way below zero, everything frozen, it can make you stop functioning. Horrify and immobilize you. Changes EVERYTHING.
Do NOT underestimate weather’s potential to absolutely BREAK people here, especially new-to-towners.
When it snows hard, drops to way below zero, everything frozen, it can make you stop functioning. Horrify and immobilize you. Changes EVERYTHING.
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2000-2025: facts over feelings, no safe spaces, be a fucking man
2026: your dismissive body language has left the fourth Minneapolis infantry with anxiety
2026: your dismissive body language has left the fourth Minneapolis infantry with anxiety
"We've seen over a thousand percent increase in assaults on ICE officers, 8,000 verbal assaults on them...."
January 18, 2026 at 10:00 PM
2000-2025: facts over feelings, no safe spaces, be a fucking man
2026: your dismissive body language has left the fourth Minneapolis infantry with anxiety
2026: your dismissive body language has left the fourth Minneapolis infantry with anxiety
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MAGA = (Make America Go Away) is the one I can get behind now.
January 18, 2026 at 11:54 PM
MAGA = (Make America Go Away) is the one I can get behind now.
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This is the kind of thing the Democratic party should be saying.
This bishop says it's past time for words: we're entering a "new age of martyrdom" when clergy may have to "put [their] bodies on the line".
www.npr.org/2026/01/18/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/18/n...
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.
www.npr.org
January 18, 2026 at 11:56 PM
This is the kind of thing the Democratic party should be saying.
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After Maduro’s arrest, the lingering question on Venezuela's mind is whether a democratic transition is in sight.
We speak with Venezuelans who have intimately witnessed and actively participated in the country’s history — including one that offers clues on what might come next.
We speak with Venezuelans who have intimately witnessed and actively participated in the country’s history — including one that offers clues on what might come next.
Venezuelan dissident, historian, and journalist discuss their country’s uncertain future
In the wake of Nicolás Maduro’s ouster, Venezuelan journalists, historians, and politicians explain what’s at stake for their country.
revealnews.org
January 18, 2026 at 11:59 PM
After Maduro’s arrest, the lingering question on Venezuela's mind is whether a democratic transition is in sight.
We speak with Venezuelans who have intimately witnessed and actively participated in the country’s history — including one that offers clues on what might come next.
We speak with Venezuelans who have intimately witnessed and actively participated in the country’s history — including one that offers clues on what might come next.
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Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
January 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.