Seth B
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Editor, writer, Olympic medalist, coach, hyperlocal news volunteer
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Meet the ‘Cabal’-Hating ‘Special Government Employee’ Involved in the Fulton County FBI Raid
Clay Parikh unloaded in a nearly two hour conversation with TPM.
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February 12, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Meet the ‘Cabal’-Hating ‘Special Government Employee’ Involved in the Fulton County FBI Raid talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
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“President Trump has become so politically toxic that voters now say Joe Biden — whose unpopularity forced him into early retirement — did a better job as president, according to three new polls.”
www.axios.com/2026/02/12/t...
www.axios.com/2026/02/12/t...
A year into Trump's term, voters say Biden was better
Trump has squandered virtually every advantage that won him the presidency.
www.axios.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:39 PM
“President Trump has become so politically toxic that voters now say Joe Biden — whose unpopularity forced him into early retirement — did a better job as president, according to three new polls.”
www.axios.com/2026/02/12/t...
www.axios.com/2026/02/12/t...
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UPDATE/SCOOP:
An FBI affidavit used to seize 2020 election ballots from Georgia's Fulton County omitted key findings from state investigators that undercut many questions about wrongdoing, an @npr.org analysis finds.
Read the Secretary of State's office investigative reports:
An FBI affidavit used to seize 2020 election ballots from Georgia's Fulton County omitted key findings from state investigators that undercut many questions about wrongdoing, an @npr.org analysis finds.
Read the Secretary of State's office investigative reports:
The FBI seizure of Georgia 2020 election ballots relies on debunked claims
An FBI investigation of the 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., was initiated by a lawyer who aided President Trump's unsuccessful efforts to overturn that election, an unsealed affidavit says.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2026 at 7:48 PM
UPDATE/SCOOP:
An FBI affidavit used to seize 2020 election ballots from Georgia's Fulton County omitted key findings from state investigators that undercut many questions about wrongdoing, an @npr.org analysis finds.
Read the Secretary of State's office investigative reports:
An FBI affidavit used to seize 2020 election ballots from Georgia's Fulton County omitted key findings from state investigators that undercut many questions about wrongdoing, an @npr.org analysis finds.
Read the Secretary of State's office investigative reports:
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
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The cartoon that appeared this week on the front page of France’s most influential national newspaper, Le Monde
Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
February 6, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The cartoon that appeared this week on the front page of France’s most influential national newspaper, Le Monde
Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
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“The dominant model of voter decision-making is flawed. I term this the Strategist’s Fallacy—the erroneous assumption that voters reason like political scientists and elite strategists, and that preferences observed today will persist through subsequent electoral cycles.” @gelliottmorris.com
Voters don’t think like strategists.
G. Elliott Morris responds in a forum on “How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism.”
www.bostonreview.net
February 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM
“The dominant model of voter decision-making is flawed. I term this the Strategist’s Fallacy—the erroneous assumption that voters reason like political scientists and elite strategists, and that preferences observed today will persist through subsequent electoral cycles.” @gelliottmorris.com
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With a few exceptions, the items in this list are already the law. Republicans are saying it’s unrealistic for Trump’s goons to follow the law.
Here's what Republicans think is "unrealistic"
1) Need a judicial warrant to enter private property
2) Require verification that someone is not a US citizen before sending them to immigration detention
3) No masks
4) No secret police: Officers must have ID
5) Keep enforcement away from
1) Need a judicial warrant to enter private property
2) Require verification that someone is not a US citizen before sending them to immigration detention
3) No masks
4) No secret police: Officers must have ID
5) Keep enforcement away from
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
February 5, 2026 at 10:27 PM
With a few exceptions, the items in this list are already the law. Republicans are saying it’s unrealistic for Trump’s goons to follow the law.
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I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
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Casar holds a 3 minute and 26 second moment of silence to represent the time in which DHS officers let Renee Good bleed out after she was shot
February 3, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Casar holds a 3 minute and 26 second moment of silence to represent the time in which DHS officers let Renee Good bleed out after she was shot
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They’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.
Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.
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January 31, 2026 at 10:19 PM
They’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.
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Next time choose *not* to get played.
January 31, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Next time choose *not* to get played.
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😢😢😢
Thank you Dave Matthews.
Dig deep, find the fighter in you. ✊
Dig deep, find the fighter in you. ✊
January 25, 2026 at 7:35 PM
😢😢😢
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Trump and MAGA are trying to justify the execution of Alex Pretti with a video showing him kicking out a gov’t car’s tail light a week earlier. By their standard, the Jan 6 insurrectionists who vandalized the Capitol (but committed no other crimes) deserved to be summarily executed. Their logic.
January 30, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Trump and MAGA are trying to justify the execution of Alex Pretti with a video showing him kicking out a gov’t car’s tail light a week earlier. By their standard, the Jan 6 insurrectionists who vandalized the Capitol (but committed no other crimes) deserved to be summarily executed. Their logic.
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As usual, moms are doing a huge amount of work behind the scenes. www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/0...
Mothers of resistance: PTA members organize Minneapolis relief efforts
Fox called them ‘wine moms.’ But for longtime volunteers, rides to school for frightened kids was a natural first step. Then came food, diapers, rent.
www.minnpost.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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So…about last night
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
So…about last night
The World Files for Economic Divorce from America
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The World Files for Economic Divorce from America
What you do when your (trading) partner is abusive
open.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:35 PM
The World Files for Economic Divorce from America
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This is was a domestic abuser sounds like
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:18 PM
This is was a domestic abuser sounds like
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It's a war and the American people are the enemy. Can't do the fake "no they're just after the bad guys" after you shot two people for no good reason. bsky.app/profile/ndre...
“in theater” is a crazy way to describe minneapolis
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 2:41 PM
It's a war and the American people are the enemy. Can't do the fake "no they're just after the bad guys" after you shot two people for no good reason. bsky.app/profile/ndre...
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The harmful propaganda narrative “pivot” the “tone shift” is now 2nd order. Today NYT devotes 4 journalists & its front page to #sanewash the Trump/MAGA demolition of peace/order in US cities to discuss & reinforce “tone shift”.
ICE/CBP still roving and terrorizing cities.
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ICE/CBP still roving and terrorizing cities.
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AGSulzberger’s NYT continues to fail democracy w/another #FrontPage failure.
#sanewashing
Reality: Minnesota citizens rise up to fight against tyranny & masked agents killing people -> defeat regime propaganda
NYT: Trump-centric inside politics “softened tone”. Not centering the heroes / cause.
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#sanewashing
Reality: Minnesota citizens rise up to fight against tyranny & masked agents killing people -> defeat regime propaganda
NYT: Trump-centric inside politics “softened tone”. Not centering the heroes / cause.
1/
January 29, 2026 at 1:52 PM
The harmful propaganda narrative “pivot” the “tone shift” is now 2nd order. Today NYT devotes 4 journalists & its front page to #sanewash the Trump/MAGA demolition of peace/order in US cities to discuss & reinforce “tone shift”.
ICE/CBP still roving and terrorizing cities.
bsky.app/profile/medi...
ICE/CBP still roving and terrorizing cities.
bsky.app/profile/medi...
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In Minneapolis and many other communities across the country, we're seeing people come together to peacefully protest and support their neighbors. If you're looking to get involved, here are some ways to help:
How to help the resistance to ICE in Minnesota — and beyond
What Minnesota’s immigrant communities need from you now.
www.vox.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:30 PM
In Minneapolis and many other communities across the country, we're seeing people come together to peacefully protest and support their neighbors. If you're looking to get involved, here are some ways to help:
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More evidence Trump isn’t changing course on mass deportations. Also, the feds can’t “commandeer” state law enforcement resources to execute their policies.
January 28, 2026 at 1:34 PM
More evidence Trump isn’t changing course on mass deportations. Also, the feds can’t “commandeer” state law enforcement resources to execute their policies.
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my grandmother, an Auschwitz survivor, was Anne Frank’s neighbor in Amsterdam, and Oma thinks this comparison is perfectly apt
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 2:37 AM
my grandmother, an Auschwitz survivor, was Anne Frank’s neighbor in Amsterdam, and Oma thinks this comparison is perfectly apt
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Rittenhouse had a rifle which he brandished, Pretti had a pistol he kept holstered. Rittenhouse shot and killed two people while Pretti didn’t shoot anyone. For that, Rittenhouse became a cause celebre on the right, meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, speaking at TPUSA events, and raising big money.
January 27, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Rittenhouse had a rifle which he brandished, Pretti had a pistol he kept holstered. Rittenhouse shot and killed two people while Pretti didn’t shoot anyone. For that, Rittenhouse became a cause celebre on the right, meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, speaking at TPUSA events, and raising big money.
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It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.
January 27, 2026 at 1:58 PM
It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.
Random nonpolitical comment: I'm not happy that Apple's attempt to make their apps look cooler in the new OS makes the system text look blurry.
January 27, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Random nonpolitical comment: I'm not happy that Apple's attempt to make their apps look cooler in the new OS makes the system text look blurry.