Rowan
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Imagine what could have been done with 45 billion for housing, or healthcare, or education.
The Republican-led Congress gave Trump a war chest to fund his own paramilitary force - ICE.
The Trump regime isn’t backing down.
Mass deportation is the regime’s central policy.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
The Trump regime isn’t backing down.
Mass deportation is the regime’s central policy.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
January 29, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Imagine what could have been done with 45 billion for housing, or healthcare, or education.
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There is plenty of racism and authoritarianism in American history, no doubt, but what Trump is doing is unique. We've never had a strongman like this, who corrupts the entire government into a personal instrument and gives his supporters permission to commit libidinal violence in his name.
January 22, 2026 at 3:02 PM
There is plenty of racism and authoritarianism in American history, no doubt, but what Trump is doing is unique. We've never had a strongman like this, who corrupts the entire government into a personal instrument and gives his supporters permission to commit libidinal violence in his name.
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The double cognitive load of a) the President is deranged, and nobody in power acting he's deranged is stressful, and b) there are millions of Americans who get their news from media sanewashing the President, so they don't *know* he's deranged, so they think *we're* deranged, is ... fun.
January 21, 2026 at 3:31 PM
The double cognitive load of a) the President is deranged, and nobody in power acting he's deranged is stressful, and b) there are millions of Americans who get their news from media sanewashing the President, so they don't *know* he's deranged, so they think *we're* deranged, is ... fun.
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Seems like, overnight, someone (who?!) made the decision that the US is going to embrace the most corrosive & addictive forms of gambling, and make them trivially easy to access, and shove them out in front of the most vulnerable victims in every corner of media & culture.
Why did we do that?
Why did we do that?
January 21, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Seems like, overnight, someone (who?!) made the decision that the US is going to embrace the most corrosive & addictive forms of gambling, and make them trivially easy to access, and shove them out in front of the most vulnerable victims in every corner of media & culture.
Why did we do that?
Why did we do that?
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I would never argue that you are entitled to punch Stephen Miller in the mouth and steal his wallet as long as you are bigger than him. But that is exactly what Stephen Miller is saying. The rule of the playground is no basis for peace.
Miller: Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy and a tiny military. They cannot defend Greenland… Under every understanding of law that has existed about territorial control for 500 years, to control a territory you have to be able to defend a territory…
January 17, 2026 at 1:51 PM
I would never argue that you are entitled to punch Stephen Miller in the mouth and steal his wallet as long as you are bigger than him. But that is exactly what Stephen Miller is saying. The rule of the playground is no basis for peace.
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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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Radical Republicans ca. 1871: We’re sending federal troops into states in order to curb the power of white supremacy
Radical Republicans ca. 2026: We’re sending federal troops into states in order to advance the cause of white supremacy
Radical Republicans ca. 2026: We’re sending federal troops into states in order to advance the cause of white supremacy
it's easy to start an investigation of walz and frey. indictments & convictions are orders of magnitude harder. but the goal is what's important and it's nothing that breaking the power of the states which is the only brake on trump's attempted tyranny
Watch What They’re Doing: Trump Threatens to Make War on the States talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/watch...
January 17, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Radical Republicans ca. 1871: We’re sending federal troops into states in order to curb the power of white supremacy
Radical Republicans ca. 2026: We’re sending federal troops into states in order to advance the cause of white supremacy
Radical Republicans ca. 2026: We’re sending federal troops into states in order to advance the cause of white supremacy
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Here is Friday, and no Insurrection Act, no strike on Iran. Shooting in Minneapolis, but not full live fire assault. It has been an *awful* week, of deep and terrible losses and suffering. But fascism didn’t take as much ground as it wanted and threatened.
January 17, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Here is Friday, and no Insurrection Act, no strike on Iran. Shooting in Minneapolis, but not full live fire assault. It has been an *awful* week, of deep and terrible losses and suffering. But fascism didn’t take as much ground as it wanted and threatened.
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These goons are flabby weaklings and cowards, the loser servants of a loser president whose policy of domestic authoritarian 'raids' has been defeated at every turn by plucky, mobilized, civic-minded citizens who banded together to protect their neighbors.
That's the good narrative, in my view.
That's the good narrative, in my view.
January 16, 2026 at 8:55 PM
These goons are flabby weaklings and cowards, the loser servants of a loser president whose policy of domestic authoritarian 'raids' has been defeated at every turn by plucky, mobilized, civic-minded citizens who banded together to protect their neighbors.
That's the good narrative, in my view.
That's the good narrative, in my view.
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ICE took two Princeton residents into custody, including a father of 4 after dropping off his son at school. The failed practices of ICE have led not to community safety but to the breaking up of families. The pretense that their mission is to deport dangerous criminals has been shown to be a lie.
January 16, 2026 at 3:49 PM
ICE took two Princeton residents into custody, including a father of 4 after dropping off his son at school. The failed practices of ICE have led not to community safety but to the breaking up of families. The pretense that their mission is to deport dangerous criminals has been shown to be a lie.
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“As a reasonable centrist, I think the paramilitary death squads need better training.”
January 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
“As a reasonable centrist, I think the paramilitary death squads need better training.”
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Saying "what they want is violence, don't give it to them," is not only an incorrect assessment—fascist state agents are unleashing violence upon our communities daily, the peoples' response is not incitement—but further accuses the very people resisting fascism of its cause. A sick perversion.
January 15, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Saying "what they want is violence, don't give it to them," is not only an incorrect assessment—fascist state agents are unleashing violence upon our communities daily, the peoples' response is not incitement—but further accuses the very people resisting fascism of its cause. A sick perversion.
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If the figures we're getting out of Iran are in the right league, this weekend was, I think, one of the bloodiest state crackdowns of all time. People are talking 12,000-20,000 dead; for comparison Hungary in 1956 was about 2,500, Tiananmen - across country, in multiple cities - probably 1000+
January 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
If the figures we're getting out of Iran are in the right league, this weekend was, I think, one of the bloodiest state crackdowns of all time. People are talking 12,000-20,000 dead; for comparison Hungary in 1956 was about 2,500, Tiananmen - across country, in multiple cities - probably 1000+
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we used to be a real country. these days you cannot purchase a possum and 'taters dinner for any price, and the cost of persimmon beer is at an all time high
December 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
we used to be a real country. these days you cannot purchase a possum and 'taters dinner for any price, and the cost of persimmon beer is at an all time high
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I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
Trump announces a pardon of Henry Cuellar: "I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!"
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
Nikki forgot to list ANY green vegetables for thanksgiving. I make cucumber salad to balance out all the greasy heavy food.
Why do Trump and MAGA love Russia so much? Trump & his admin are once again showing their weird love for Russia. Why are they all so keen on Moscow? @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social, @nikkimcr.bsky.social & @jacobjarvis.bsky.social discuss this, and more 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...
#USPOL #Trump #Mamdani
#USPOL #Trump #Mamdani
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Nikki forgot to list ANY green vegetables for thanksgiving. I make cucumber salad to balance out all the greasy heavy food.
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“We most humbly beseech him to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed.”
— Washington, First Thanksgiving Proclamation
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— Washington, First Thanksgiving Proclamation
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Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789
By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“We most humbly beseech him to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed.”
— Washington, First Thanksgiving Proclamation
www.mountvernon.org/education/pr...
— Washington, First Thanksgiving Proclamation
www.mountvernon.org/education/pr...
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Happy Thanksgiving, please enjoy some messed-up lore about the US's farm & food history.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hByb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hByb...
Real Life Johnny Appleseed
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
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November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, please enjoy some messed-up lore about the US's farm & food history.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hByb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hByb...
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This is, yet again, evidence that Putin exerts some kind of control over the Trump administration. There is no way around it.
We have to look at their efforts to destroy the US govt in light of this.
We have to look at their efforts to destroy the US govt in light of this.
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This is, yet again, evidence that Putin exerts some kind of control over the Trump administration. There is no way around it.
We have to look at their efforts to destroy the US govt in light of this.
We have to look at their efforts to destroy the US govt in light of this.
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It's so rare to see the old world dying and the new world struggling to be born in the same room together
Trump on Mamdani: "I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It's so rare to see the old world dying and the new world struggling to be born in the same room together
Is. No one talking about how weird it is to be alive right now
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Is. No one talking about how weird it is to be alive right now
I was quite touched by how they portrayed this family largely in their own words and very much focused on this young trans girl's pain.
In other news, I recommend today's Daily Podcast, about the parents of a trans girl who just had to flee Tennessee for Connecticut in order to protect her. The parents are both Southerners and ministers, and had idea what "trans" was until they had to learn.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
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Parenting a Trans Kid in Trump’s America
Podcast Episode · The Daily · 11/21/2025 · 44m
podcasts.apple.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I was quite touched by how they portrayed this family largely in their own words and very much focused on this young trans girl's pain.
Today's nyt Daily podcast about parenting trans kids seems quite good?
I've heard so many bad things about their coverage, but today they prioritized the pain and distress of trans children and their families, largely in their own words
I've heard so many bad things about their coverage, but today they prioritized the pain and distress of trans children and their families, largely in their own words
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Today's nyt Daily podcast about parenting trans kids seems quite good?
I've heard so many bad things about their coverage, but today they prioritized the pain and distress of trans children and their families, largely in their own words
I've heard so many bad things about their coverage, but today they prioritized the pain and distress of trans children and their families, largely in their own words
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"Trans people could be asked about whether they should be accessing single-sex services based on their physical appearance."
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance
The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Trans people could be asked about whether they should be accessing single-sex services based on their physical appearance."
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...