Simon St.Laurent
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Simon St.Laurent
@simonstl.com
· Nov 18
When times are bad, help people.
When times are good, help people.
When times are good, help people.
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Just because you say it doesn't exist doesn't mean mother nature isn't going to fuck up your shit
Trump revokes EPA finding on greenhouse gas threat in huge blow to climate change regulations
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/t...
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/t...
Trump revokes EPA finding on greenhouse gas threat in huge blow to climate change regulations
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin officially revoked the endangerment finding, in a huge blow to U.S. efforts to fight climate change.
www.cnbc.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Just because you say it doesn't exist doesn't mean mother nature isn't going to fuck up your shit
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Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
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Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
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Amen
I’d like to see the Dems offer a bill to fund FEMA, the Coast Guard and other DHS sub agencies and then just say we’re shutting down ICE until we know what the Hell is going on and see some accountability and real guardrails. It’d be good politics.
February 12, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Amen
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it really can't be said enough that this is a person who has dined with the president of the united states
Fuentes then fantasizes about “breeding gulags”: “So just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women… They go to the breeding gulags. The good ones will be liberated. The bad ones will toil in the mines forever.”
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
it really can't be said enough that this is a person who has dined with the president of the united states
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under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime
February 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime
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CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
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HAHAHAHAHAHA
It ain’t over til Minnesota has ICE’s battle flag
February 12, 2026 at 5:12 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHA
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imaging attending the White House Melania premiere for this…
this is also very bleak
FTC Warns Apple of Potential Federal Law Violation Regarding Apple News
(also all that sucking up got Tim Apple nowhere)
FTC Warns Apple of Potential Federal Law Violation Regarding Apple News
(also all that sucking up got Tim Apple nowhere)
February 12, 2026 at 5:12 PM
imaging attending the White House Melania premiere for this…
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Reminder that when the government says “If we prosecute everyone involved the system will collapse” it is an admission of guilt and an admission that the entire government is corrupt to the point of criminality and prosecution.
February 12, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Reminder that when the government says “If we prosecute everyone involved the system will collapse” it is an admission of guilt and an admission that the entire government is corrupt to the point of criminality and prosecution.
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Thinking about how 'just stick to sports' doesn't reflect athletes' real lives—and how Haiti was forced to modify its uniforms to remove Toussaint Louverture's portrait and most of the media are simply referring to 'a riderless horse' without noting WHY the horse is riderless.
Ukrainian Olympian disqualified over images of war dead on his helmet
The International Olympic Committee has disqualified a Ukrainian sled athlete over his refusal to remove images of war dead from his helmet in competition.
www.npr.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Thinking about how 'just stick to sports' doesn't reflect athletes' real lives—and how Haiti was forced to modify its uniforms to remove Toussaint Louverture's portrait and most of the media are simply referring to 'a riderless horse' without noting WHY the horse is riderless.
Very odd. thehill.com/homenews/med...
thehill.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Very odd. thehill.com/homenews/med...
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I will believe this when folks in Minnesota say things genuinely seem different
apnews.com/live/trump-i...
apnews.com/live/trump-i...
Live updates: Federal authorities announce end to Minnesota immigration crackdown
The immigration crackdown in Minnesota is coming to an end after thousands of arrests and two killings, Trump's border czar says. Over 2,000 federal officers are leaving.
apnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I will believe this when folks in Minnesota say things genuinely seem different
apnews.com/live/trump-i...
apnews.com/live/trump-i...
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Really, people wrote books about this. Some said morality demands *even more* torture. Some liberals said it too.
People who maintained that torture is immoral and against US law and int'l obligations got called "anti-torture absolutists," willing to let innocents die for our principles.
People who maintained that torture is immoral and against US law and int'l obligations got called "anti-torture absolutists," willing to let innocents die for our principles.
I'm old enough to remember when I "couldn't have a reasonable discussion about torture" and now we're running 100 Camp X-Rays for children in warehouses around the US.
February 12, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Really, people wrote books about this. Some said morality demands *even more* torture. Some liberals said it too.
People who maintained that torture is immoral and against US law and int'l obligations got called "anti-torture absolutists," willing to let innocents die for our principles.
People who maintained that torture is immoral and against US law and int'l obligations got called "anti-torture absolutists," willing to let innocents die for our principles.
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The faster the web re-fragments into narrow-interest-forums and blogs, the better off we'll be.
February 12, 2026 at 2:13 PM
The faster the web re-fragments into narrow-interest-forums and blogs, the better off we'll be.
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also worth mentioning that the anarchists are part of the backbone of minneapolis magic we all know and talk about
growing up around anarchist co-ops and culture is like, part of the driving force for why i actually believe another world is possible
growing up around anarchist co-ops and culture is like, part of the driving force for why i actually believe another world is possible
February 12, 2026 at 3:51 PM
also worth mentioning that the anarchists are part of the backbone of minneapolis magic we all know and talk about
growing up around anarchist co-ops and culture is like, part of the driving force for why i actually believe another world is possible
growing up around anarchist co-ops and culture is like, part of the driving force for why i actually believe another world is possible
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Does he mean the Normans, the Angles and Saxons, the Romans, the Celts? There have been rather a lot of immigrants to the isles....
Ineos Grenadiers owner Jim Ratcliffe at centre of political storm after claiming 'UK has been colonised by immigrants' www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...
February 12, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Does he mean the Normans, the Angles and Saxons, the Romans, the Celts? There have been rather a lot of immigrants to the isles....
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No matter how much you suck up to the bully, it’s never enough
"In a letter to chief executive Tim Cook, FTC chair Andrew Ferguson cited recent press coverage of a report from conservative media watchdog Media Research Center which claimed that Apple has promoted “leftist outlets” in its news feed."
www.ft.com/content/0c25...
www.ft.com/content/0c25...
Apple faces new tensions with Trump administration
US regulator issues warning to iPhone maker about its News platform following controversy over Super Bowl half-time show
www.ft.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:13 PM
No matter how much you suck up to the bully, it’s never enough
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easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”
“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”
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He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota “quick reaction forces” — a military term — to go after “agitators.” Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trump’s prior “deescalation” was a ruse and ICE is still operational
Homan: "Operation Metro Surge is ending. In the next week, we're going to deploy the officers here on detail back to their home stations or to other areas of the country where they're needed."
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota “quick reaction forces” — a military term — to go after “agitators.” Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trump’s prior “deescalation” was a ruse and ICE is still operational
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For Months, Tear Gas Has Entered Their Homes. Now They’re Suing ICE. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/c...
For Months, Tear Gas Has Entered Their Homes. Now They’re Suing ICE.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:05 PM
For Months, Tear Gas Has Entered Their Homes. Now They’re Suing ICE. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/c...
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Re: Minnesota I think it's important to both recognize they're lying about a full retreat and recognize it as a victory that they're cognizant enough of the PR disaster to feel the need to lie.
February 12, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Re: Minnesota I think it's important to both recognize they're lying about a full retreat and recognize it as a victory that they're cognizant enough of the PR disaster to feel the need to lie.
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One thing I think the Writers Guild really got right in our last negotiation was asking "Even if the tech doesn't work, how could they use it to pay us less?"
10 years ago they told us AI and self-driving cars were going to wipe out up to half of all jobs. They didn’t.
But while everyone was talking about whether they would, companies rolled out algorithmic management and used digital tech as a pretext to reclassify workers as contractors.
But while everyone was talking about whether they would, companies rolled out algorithmic management and used digital tech as a pretext to reclassify workers as contractors.
I'm not even saying that's the most *likely* possibility, but it's just very clear that the likelihood of that outcome as increased and even if there's, like, a 1 in 10 change that "AI replaces most to all white collar jobs in 10 years" that's an *enormous* risk to the social order!
February 12, 2026 at 1:26 PM
One thing I think the Writers Guild really got right in our last negotiation was asking "Even if the tech doesn't work, how could they use it to pay us less?"
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If this dingus was on the Left, every Democrat would spend the next month being asked by every reporter in every interview to disavow him.
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:52 PM
If this dingus was on the Left, every Democrat would spend the next month being asked by every reporter in every interview to disavow him.
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"ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency" is not the type of thing you say if you're winning the argument
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 3:11 PM
"ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency" is not the type of thing you say if you're winning the argument