Ryan Abrams
@ryanabrams.bsky.social
Actual Philly Guy now, following a lifetime of preparation. Lawyer, but not that kind of lawyer.
Fight fascism.
Fight fascism.
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One of my favorite jokes of all time is "Adolph Hitler Commits Suicide" being a tiny headline under the banner story about a hare-vs-tortoise race ... in 1943, two years before Hitler committed suicide. He was alive and well when the Warner Bros. cartoonists made this joke.
February 2, 2026 at 5:04 PM
One of my favorite jokes of all time is "Adolph Hitler Commits Suicide" being a tiny headline under the banner story about a hare-vs-tortoise race ... in 1943, two years before Hitler committed suicide. He was alive and well when the Warner Bros. cartoonists made this joke.
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This gray haired bitch wanted to beat high school girls and attacked them. He got his shit took but please tell me again how this is sustainable. Pretending like any of these assholes respect the law or the social contract of being a human.
MAGA Adult Male assaults Texas High School students protesting ICE
February 3, 2026 at 5:11 PM
This gray haired bitch wanted to beat high school girls and attacked them. He got his shit took but please tell me again how this is sustainable. Pretending like any of these assholes respect the law or the social contract of being a human.
Our entire government is starting to feel like Make-A-Wish for a dying narcissist.
February 2, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Our entire government is starting to feel like Make-A-Wish for a dying narcissist.
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I'm coming around to the idea that the firebomb-a-walmart people who are complaining about voting aren't just dooming, they fundamentally do not believe in democracy.
We're fighting for liberal democracy, they're fighting to be the ones in charge of a dictatorship. Those two are incompatible.
We're fighting for liberal democracy, they're fighting to be the ones in charge of a dictatorship. Those two are incompatible.
yes correct voting is the one and only way citizens in a democracy directly wield political power
unless you are firebombing a walmart anything else you are doing in the political sphere has an effectiveness that ultimately functions via voting
unless you are firebombing a walmart anything else you are doing in the political sphere has an effectiveness that ultimately functions via voting
It was beaten into my head growing up that voting is the MOST IMPORTANT THING you can do, that it's what political action IS. And yes, ive had several liberal friends/family tell me that if I want better things I need to vote for them. Thats that. They literally can't imagine anything more.
January 27, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I'm coming around to the idea that the firebomb-a-walmart people who are complaining about voting aren't just dooming, they fundamentally do not believe in democracy.
We're fighting for liberal democracy, they're fighting to be the ones in charge of a dictatorship. Those two are incompatible.
We're fighting for liberal democracy, they're fighting to be the ones in charge of a dictatorship. Those two are incompatible.
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“Reddit was swamped with information about Minnesota, as anti-ICE posts dominated the main feed, and appeared in discussions of just about any topic. Knitting, biking, comic books, pop music, you name it.” www.liberalcurrents.com/nonpolitical...
Nonpolitical Media Has Been Flooded With Outrage at Alex Pretti's Murder
Anatomy of a turning point.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:03 AM
“Reddit was swamped with information about Minnesota, as anti-ICE posts dominated the main feed, and appeared in discussions of just about any topic. Knitting, biking, comic books, pop music, you name it.” www.liberalcurrents.com/nonpolitical...
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With apologies to the one person in this who isn't the hugest fan of his own memefication, I could not resist
January 27, 2026 at 1:10 AM
With apologies to the one person in this who isn't the hugest fan of his own memefication, I could not resist
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All right indulge me for a moment because there’ll be a link to Fox at the end of this thread for sourcing purposes. But it’s valuable to see what the other side is saying. In short, they mix some actual facts in with some completely deranged fantasy. 🧵
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 PM
All right indulge me for a moment because there’ll be a link to Fox at the end of this thread for sourcing purposes. But it’s valuable to see what the other side is saying. In short, they mix some actual facts in with some completely deranged fantasy. 🧵
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I do think that a possibly underrated dynamic in The Horrors is that the Right as it has reconstituted itself under Trump legitimately can’t understand sincere moral or physical courage
January 26, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I do think that a possibly underrated dynamic in The Horrors is that the Right as it has reconstituted itself under Trump legitimately can’t understand sincere moral or physical courage
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It turned out the real “second amendment solution” was a willingness to be martyred as a display of conservative hypocrisy and the true nature of the Republican Party.
Bessent: I'm sorry he is dead, but he did bring a semiautomatic weapon to what was supposed to be a peaceful protest.
Karl: There's no evidence that he brandished the gun whatsoever
Bessent: But he brought a gun!
Karl: We do have a second amendment in this country.
Karl: There's no evidence that he brandished the gun whatsoever
Bessent: But he brought a gun!
Karl: We do have a second amendment in this country.
January 25, 2026 at 5:24 PM
It turned out the real “second amendment solution” was a willingness to be martyred as a display of conservative hypocrisy and the true nature of the Republican Party.
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For some reason, these days I find myself thinking a lot about how SimCity players would eventually get bored and start triggering disasters.
January 23, 2026 at 11:09 PM
For some reason, these days I find myself thinking a lot about how SimCity players would eventually get bored and start triggering disasters.
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January 24, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Since we first launched in 2017, we have not minced words or equivocated in our opposition to the reactionary authoritarian project. That opposition is needed more than ever. Support us as we continue that work and publish visions of a truly liberal democratic future.
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Abolish ICE is the moderate position now.
What's even better is to dissolve the entire Department of Homeland Security, a big mistake we made 24 years ago in the post-9/11 panic.
tracinskiforcongress.substack.com/p/abolish-ic...
What's even better is to dissolve the entire Department of Homeland Security, a big mistake we made 24 years ago in the post-9/11 panic.
tracinskiforcongress.substack.com/p/abolish-ic...
Abolish ICE Is the Moderate Position Now
The Department of Homeland Security Was a Mistake
tracinskiforcongress.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Abolish ICE is the moderate position now.
What's even better is to dissolve the entire Department of Homeland Security, a big mistake we made 24 years ago in the post-9/11 panic.
tracinskiforcongress.substack.com/p/abolish-ic...
What's even better is to dissolve the entire Department of Homeland Security, a big mistake we made 24 years ago in the post-9/11 panic.
tracinskiforcongress.substack.com/p/abolish-ic...
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Pretti clearly did not brandish his gun. Which means the government is saying he was killed for legally exercising his right to carry.
It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.
It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.
January 24, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Pretti clearly did not brandish his gun. Which means the government is saying he was killed for legally exercising his right to carry.
It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.
It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.
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It’s time.
I want the see Steve Kerr’s Warriors and Minneapolis’ Timberwolves agree that they simply cannot play this game tonight.
A strike in solidarity with the besieged city and its murdered and abducted residents.
I want the see Steve Kerr’s Warriors and Minneapolis’ Timberwolves agree that they simply cannot play this game tonight.
A strike in solidarity with the besieged city and its murdered and abducted residents.
January 24, 2026 at 6:28 PM
It’s time.
I want the see Steve Kerr’s Warriors and Minneapolis’ Timberwolves agree that they simply cannot play this game tonight.
A strike in solidarity with the besieged city and its murdered and abducted residents.
I want the see Steve Kerr’s Warriors and Minneapolis’ Timberwolves agree that they simply cannot play this game tonight.
A strike in solidarity with the besieged city and its murdered and abducted residents.
We have officially reached the point where any American that isn’t living in a delusional fantasy world can say to themselves, “it could have been me.”
January 24, 2026 at 6:32 PM
We have officially reached the point where any American that isn’t living in a delusional fantasy world can say to themselves, “it could have been me.”
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Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
January 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
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This really gets to the core of what makes Vance such a detestable figure
January 22, 2026 at 8:24 PM
This really gets to the core of what makes Vance such a detestable figure
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the thing that really gets me about all of this is that if you talk to any MAGAs they’ll say “the rest of the world was laughing at us with Biden/Obama, but now they respect us with Trump”.
they live in a fucking bizarro world that is the exact opposite of reality, all fueled by malignant stupidity
they live in a fucking bizarro world that is the exact opposite of reality, all fueled by malignant stupidity
January 21, 2026 at 3:01 PM
the thing that really gets me about all of this is that if you talk to any MAGAs they’ll say “the rest of the world was laughing at us with Biden/Obama, but now they respect us with Trump”.
they live in a fucking bizarro world that is the exact opposite of reality, all fueled by malignant stupidity
they live in a fucking bizarro world that is the exact opposite of reality, all fueled by malignant stupidity
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Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.
His not being impeached by the end of the business day as a result of this threat is as much a problem as the threat itself. It’s not just Trump that the world has to worry about, it’s a GOP that supports him and Democrats who suck their thumbs and refuse to even discuss pushing to remove him
January 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.
Required reading for anyone in your life who is struggling to understand what the hell is going on in the world.
"It is not mainline liberalism that has lost adherents; it’s everyone else. Across the world the center-right has disappeared, virtually overnight. ... One could say the same of libertarianism." www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalism-d...
Liberalism Did Not Fail, Conservatism Did
We are moving from an ideologically multipolar world, to a bipolar one.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Required reading for anyone in your life who is struggling to understand what the hell is going on in the world.
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U.S. troops stationed on Greenland sitting next to Danish troops stationed on Greenland sent to deter America from invading Greenland
January 20, 2026 at 1:08 AM
U.S. troops stationed on Greenland sitting next to Danish troops stationed on Greenland sent to deter America from invading Greenland
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As I was saying.
January 19, 2026 at 5:03 PM
As I was saying.