Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li
@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
associate editor at liberal currents. neonliberal. she/her.
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This amounts to “democracy ends because Trump orders the military to end it.” Whether the military is willing to obey lawless orders to seize ballots is the question democracy always hinges on. Trump has not done the work of making the armed forces politically reliable to enable this kind of coup.
Over the past three weeks, the "nightmare scenario" for November's midterms has grown more plausible www.vox.com/politics/478...
February 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
This amounts to “democracy ends because Trump orders the military to end it.” Whether the military is willing to obey lawless orders to seize ballots is the question democracy always hinges on. Trump has not done the work of making the armed forces politically reliable to enable this kind of coup.
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It's also pretty spurious to claim vindication on Trump when your own argument is mostly that he's just more of the same and a difference only in degree and not in kind, which is not a perspective that's actually been vindicated. It's been proven utterly wrong.
February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
It's also pretty spurious to claim vindication on Trump when your own argument is mostly that he's just more of the same and a difference only in degree and not in kind, which is not a perspective that's actually been vindicated. It's been proven utterly wrong.
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"libertarians tried to warn you about Trump" factoid actually statistical error. Liberties McFreedom, who writes for the Bulwark, is an outlier and should not have been counted
February 9, 2026 at 4:13 PM
"libertarians tried to warn you about Trump" factoid actually statistical error. Liberties McFreedom, who writes for the Bulwark, is an outlier and should not have been counted
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An incredible turn of events here. 10/10, no notes. 😂
February 9, 2026 at 3:27 PM
An incredible turn of events here. 10/10, no notes. 😂
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Enjoying the replies informing me of the conservative legal movement like I don't do this for a living. I'm fully aware that John Roberts and co. are not good-hearted rubes fooled by Fox, but the conservative media ecosystem also allows them to feel like the good guys while they destroy the country
The problem with the Supreme Court supermajority is not just one of ideology or politics, but of epistemology. The world as they understand it bears little resemblance to reality www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...
The Supreme Court Lives in Fox News' America
A Court that does not share a common factual world with the people it governs is untethered from democratic reality.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Enjoying the replies informing me of the conservative legal movement like I don't do this for a living. I'm fully aware that John Roberts and co. are not good-hearted rubes fooled by Fox, but the conservative media ecosystem also allows them to feel like the good guys while they destroy the country
BREAKING: gonna make some chicken wings
Gonna start saying BREAKING: before I make random pronouncements. Credibility enhancing, apparently.
BREAKING: Donald Trump has reportedly been calling foreign countries' justice departments all weekend threatening and begging them to drop their Epstein investigations, and stop subpoenaing the emails and testimony of Epstein accomplices who could implicate him...
February 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM
BREAKING: gonna make some chicken wings
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A tale told in two screenshots :)
February 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
A tale told in two screenshots :)
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More libertarians warning against Trump:
February 9, 2026 at 4:38 PM
More libertarians warning against Trump:
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one thing the Democrats are kind of sleeping on is the subpoena power of state legislatures combined with the fact that virtually all of the conduct described by the Epstein files occurred in blue states
February 9, 2026 at 4:33 PM
one thing the Democrats are kind of sleeping on is the subpoena power of state legislatures combined with the fact that virtually all of the conduct described by the Epstein files occurred in blue states
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The problem with the Supreme Court supermajority is not just one of ideology or politics, but of epistemology. The world as they understand it bears little resemblance to reality www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...
The Supreme Court Lives in Fox News' America
A Court that does not share a common factual world with the people it governs is untethered from democratic reality.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
The problem with the Supreme Court supermajority is not just one of ideology or politics, but of epistemology. The world as they understand it bears little resemblance to reality www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...
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this guy is 23 and will crash out by the time he’s 27 btw
February 9, 2026 at 3:24 PM
this guy is 23 and will crash out by the time he’s 27 btw
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Roger Goodell hitting SKIP straight to Woke 2 because the owners want to sell some ads in Rio
February 9, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Roger Goodell hitting SKIP straight to Woke 2 because the owners want to sell some ads in Rio
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"That would leave only the proposed $10b of 2026 funding for ICE and $6b for the Border Patrol unappropriated. Good. There’s no reason to appropriate any of it. The less new funding that goes to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol, the better."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Good Bunny. Bad Super Bowl. Defund ICE.
Political lessons from the wide world of sports. And music.
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:56 PM
"That would leave only the proposed $10b of 2026 funding for ICE and $6b for the Border Patrol unappropriated. Good. There’s no reason to appropriate any of it. The less new funding that goes to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol, the better."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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ICE sacked some tiny Idaho town and deported ~4 percent of the population at a stroke, it's liable to collapse the local economy www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump’s Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
ICE sacked some tiny Idaho town and deported ~4 percent of the population at a stroke, it's liable to collapse the local economy www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
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Yes, some libertarians *did* try to warn you about Trump. But you canceled them for it.
February 9, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Yes, some libertarians *did* try to warn you about Trump. But you canceled them for it.
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Yep. Many of us who weren't sufficiently Trump-curious had to find other places to work.
The libertarian movement had one job, and it failed, and now it wants credit for success.
The libertarian movement had one job, and it failed, and now it wants credit for success.
Yes, some libertarians *did* try to warn you about Trump. But you canceled them for it.
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Yep. Many of us who weren't sufficiently Trump-curious had to find other places to work.
The libertarian movement had one job, and it failed, and now it wants credit for success.
The libertarian movement had one job, and it failed, and now it wants credit for success.
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*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
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I feel like I'm losing my goddamnned mind.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
Opinion | Libertarians Tried to Warn You About Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:09 PM
I feel like I'm losing my goddamnned mind.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
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“The danger is not confined to any one doctrine or term. It lies in the normalization of a judiciary that no longer sees, hears, or understands the country as it actually exists—and therefore cannot meaningfully claim to judge it” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...
The Supreme Court Lives in Fox News' America
A Court that does not share a common factual world with the people it governs is untethered from democratic reality.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:27 PM
“The danger is not confined to any one doctrine or term. It lies in the normalization of a judiciary that no longer sees, hears, or understands the country as it actually exists—and therefore cannot meaningfully claim to judge it” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...
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Trump is badly losing the war over ICE, not just on the streets, but also in the culture. As Bad Bunny shows, this has become a culture war unto itself. Trump-MAGA's initial hubris has been utterly deflated.
I've got fresh data illustrating the point. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
I've got fresh data illustrating the point. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
Trump Rages at Bad Bunny—and Accidentally Exposes a Big MAGA Weakness
MAGA’s hatred of the Super Bowl halftime performer reflects a hubris about what parts of the culture are “theirs.” But those assumptions are proving more wrong every day.
newrepublic.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Trump is badly losing the war over ICE, not just on the streets, but also in the culture. As Bad Bunny shows, this has become a culture war unto itself. Trump-MAGA's initial hubris has been utterly deflated.
I've got fresh data illustrating the point. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
I've got fresh data illustrating the point. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
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Speaking as the granddaughter of jíbaro sugarcane farmers on both sides:
🇵🇷 ✨Extra proud to be Puerto Rican tonight.✨🇵🇷
🇵🇷 ✨Extra proud to be Puerto Rican tonight.✨🇵🇷
February 9, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Speaking as the granddaughter of jíbaro sugarcane farmers on both sides:
🇵🇷 ✨Extra proud to be Puerto Rican tonight.✨🇵🇷
🇵🇷 ✨Extra proud to be Puerto Rican tonight.✨🇵🇷
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If you were to run down a list of all the things distinctive about the United States in contrast to Old World Europe, most of it is stuff we instead have in common with Latin America. That's not some woke novelty, it's a deeply embedded centuries-old aspect of our culture and national identity.
February 9, 2026 at 3:28 AM
If you were to run down a list of all the things distinctive about the United States in contrast to Old World Europe, most of it is stuff we instead have in common with Latin America. That's not some woke novelty, it's a deeply embedded centuries-old aspect of our culture and national identity.
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To reject the US as a fundamentally American country with a deep shared history and commonality with the rest of the Americas, including that Spanish has long been our de facto national second language, is on a deep level anti-American. It's hating actual American culture and history and tradition.
February 9, 2026 at 3:19 AM
To reject the US as a fundamentally American country with a deep shared history and commonality with the rest of the Americas, including that Spanish has long been our de facto national second language, is on a deep level anti-American. It's hating actual American culture and history and tradition.
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Discussing this (bad bunny flags) with my "I vote dem 24/7 but also I ignore politics because it depresses me" friend who is my normie barometer
Her (completely unprompted): "yknow I'm gonna put up an American flag in the front yard, I'm sick of this shit with those assholes, I'm reclaiming it"
Her (completely unprompted): "yknow I'm gonna put up an American flag in the front yard, I'm sick of this shit with those assholes, I'm reclaiming it"
Kid Rock: "god bless the stars and stripes, I love my truck almost as much as Donny's dumptruck" or some shit idk
Bad Bunny:
Bad Bunny:
February 9, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Discussing this (bad bunny flags) with my "I vote dem 24/7 but also I ignore politics because it depresses me" friend who is my normie barometer
Her (completely unprompted): "yknow I'm gonna put up an American flag in the front yard, I'm sick of this shit with those assholes, I'm reclaiming it"
Her (completely unprompted): "yknow I'm gonna put up an American flag in the front yard, I'm sick of this shit with those assholes, I'm reclaiming it"
in conclusion, statehood for dc and pr
Puerto Rico hasn't had reliable power in a decade.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
February 9, 2026 at 2:34 AM
in conclusion, statehood for dc and pr