PlottingFuture
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Republicans are literally dismantling US democracy in front of us & the US media is glaringly, obviously inadequate to the task of covering it, so they all just desperately want to return to the equilibrium, where they all shit on Biden, all nod at one another, all celebrate one another's bravery.
January 30, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Republicans are literally dismantling US democracy in front of us & the US media is glaringly, obviously inadequate to the task of covering it, so they all just desperately want to return to the equilibrium, where they all shit on Biden, all nod at one another, all celebrate one another's bravery.
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Schoolhouse Rocks levels of social media engagement for explaining how a municipal budget process works. Every day he shows us how much better ALL politicians could be, not just on policy, but just on the entire concept of governing.
The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.
January 30, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Schoolhouse Rocks levels of social media engagement for explaining how a municipal budget process works. Every day he shows us how much better ALL politicians could be, not just on policy, but just on the entire concept of governing.
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🧵: As the week ends there are 3 different things going on to keep in mind. 1) No matter what happens in the Senate today/this weekend, it will not stop the ICE/CBP actions. This is because the ridiculous 9 figures of ops & detention funds are locked in from last years One Beautiful Bill. 1/
January 30, 2026 at 5:01 PM
🧵: As the week ends there are 3 different things going on to keep in mind. 1) No matter what happens in the Senate today/this weekend, it will not stop the ICE/CBP actions. This is because the ridiculous 9 figures of ops & detention funds are locked in from last years One Beautiful Bill. 1/
Tip o the hat for the nod to Paul Robeson.
Also, if a committee of Billy Bragg, Bob Dylan, and the ghosts of Joe Hill, Pete Seeger, Florence Reece and Paul Robeson want to find fault with it, I’ll pay attention. But irony-poisoned gerbils can gtfo.
January 29, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Tip o the hat for the nod to Paul Robeson.
Can Rabbi's be "de-frocked"? Yehuda Kaploun is an employee of the State Dept advising on anti-Semitism while praising ICE operations in MN.
Shame!
Shame!
To avoid the possibility Holocaust remembrance might lead to empathy for migrants, Trump's antisemitism envoy claims Anne Frank "was in Amsterdam legally."
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
January 28, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Can Rabbi's be "de-frocked"? Yehuda Kaploun is an employee of the State Dept advising on anti-Semitism while praising ICE operations in MN.
Shame!
Shame!
Hey Bsky peeps,
Whenever I start to write a sheet on my phone, then switch apps to find a link or lookup a reference when I return to bsky my draft has disappeared.
Bsky also seems to lose my place in th app when switching.
Is this normal; or is there a setting to keep my context?
Whenever I start to write a sheet on my phone, then switch apps to find a link or lookup a reference when I return to bsky my draft has disappeared.
Bsky also seems to lose my place in th app when switching.
Is this normal; or is there a setting to keep my context?
January 28, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Hey Bsky peeps,
Whenever I start to write a sheet on my phone, then switch apps to find a link or lookup a reference when I return to bsky my draft has disappeared.
Bsky also seems to lose my place in th app when switching.
Is this normal; or is there a setting to keep my context?
Whenever I start to write a sheet on my phone, then switch apps to find a link or lookup a reference when I return to bsky my draft has disappeared.
Bsky also seems to lose my place in th app when switching.
Is this normal; or is there a setting to keep my context?
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A central aspect of modern conservatism is the iron clad certainty that
1: some people count as people and some people don't.
2: it is their *exclusive* right to decide who goes in what group.
3: anyone who has a problem with this goes in the second group.
1: some people count as people and some people don't.
2: it is their *exclusive* right to decide who goes in what group.
3: anyone who has a problem with this goes in the second group.
We should also talk more about how too many Republicans do not see entire swaths of people as actual people. You don’t casually muse about starting a war if you see troops as humans with lives and families. Normal people don’t fantasize about those from other countries dying for their own amusement.
Rep. Greg Steube: "You see Macron and the French sending troops to Greenland. I would love to see the US military up against French troops in Greenland, because it would not last very long. It would be a very small skirmish ... we don't care about what Macron and the French want."
January 23, 2026 at 9:46 PM
A central aspect of modern conservatism is the iron clad certainty that
1: some people count as people and some people don't.
2: it is their *exclusive* right to decide who goes in what group.
3: anyone who has a problem with this goes in the second group.
1: some people count as people and some people don't.
2: it is their *exclusive* right to decide who goes in what group.
3: anyone who has a problem with this goes in the second group.
If the top Catholic Chaplain in the US Army can say that war with Greenland would allow CO objections, then why not have the Pope ex-communicate anyone involved w ICE?
Start with JD Vance.
And yes the Pope bc US bishops are not our allies.
Start with JD Vance.
And yes the Pope bc US bishops are not our allies.
January 24, 2026 at 11:46 PM
If the top Catholic Chaplain in the US Army can say that war with Greenland would allow CO objections, then why not have the Pope ex-communicate anyone involved w ICE?
Start with JD Vance.
And yes the Pope bc US bishops are not our allies.
Start with JD Vance.
And yes the Pope bc US bishops are not our allies.
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
Please arrest these murderers!!!
Actually, no please anymore.
ARREST THOSE MFs NOW.
Actually, no please anymore.
ARREST THOSE MFs NOW.
January 24, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Please arrest these murderers!!!
Actually, no please anymore.
ARREST THOSE MFs NOW.
Actually, no please anymore.
ARREST THOSE MFs NOW.
Hakeem Jeffries owns this as much as each of these Reps. Without these 7 Dem votes this may not have passed.
#NewLeadership
#NewLeadership
FWIW:
Golden is retiring.
The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running.
The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents.
Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez.
If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.
Golden is retiring.
The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running.
The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents.
Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez.
If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.
January 23, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Hakeem Jeffries owns this as much as each of these Reps. Without these 7 Dem votes this may not have passed.
#NewLeadership
#NewLeadership
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"...he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them."
"...no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust...shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title...from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
"...no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust...shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title...from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
The Board of Peace comprises leaders from 18 of the world's least democratic states (plus the US) and its charter pledges $1 billion from each of them to be used at the discretion of the board's chairman (you already know who it is) www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
January 22, 2026 at 2:42 PM
"...he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them."
"...no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust...shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title...from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
"...no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust...shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title...from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
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*DANISH PENSION FUND AKADEMIKERPENSION TO EXIT US TREASURIES
January 20, 2026 at 1:37 PM
*DANISH PENSION FUND AKADEMIKERPENSION TO EXIT US TREASURIES
Crying laughing at this. Maybe its awakened the dormant CCD kid in me.
I am CRYING laughing
in addition to having a terminal case of Youth Ministry Font and giving me a headache due to no two lines being exactly the same size, I'm obsessed with how unhinged this list is. are we implying it's a sin to be dead?????
in addition to having a terminal case of Youth Ministry Font and giving me a headache due to no two lines being exactly the same size, I'm obsessed with how unhinged this list is. are we implying it's a sin to be dead?????
Reminds me of this really cringy poster that hangs in the entrance of my in-laws' church.
January 20, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Crying laughing at this. Maybe its awakened the dormant CCD kid in me.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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Brief operational term of art 🧵 to help better define what we're experiencing. What we're experiencing is state terror. I've seen a lot of terms thrown around for what the Trump admin is doing w/ICE, CBP, & other federal law enforcement (LE). The now largely out of use term is state terror. 1/
January 17, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Brief operational term of art 🧵 to help better define what we're experiencing. What we're experiencing is state terror. I've seen a lot of terms thrown around for what the Trump admin is doing w/ICE, CBP, & other federal law enforcement (LE). The now largely out of use term is state terror. 1/
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I'm also going to keep banging the drum that in Washington could end almost all of this immediately, by fulfilling their oaths & caucusing with the Democrats, & we should stop giving them every day & laser focus on that:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Again, I’m going to keep banging the drum that the fact we are threatening the territorial sovereignty of our closest allies is not only a gross violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations & poses a massive threat to national security & world order but also should immediately end this presidency.
French troops deploying to Greenland because the United States might try to take it over.
Today in 2026 sentences.
Today in 2026 sentences.
January 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
I'm also going to keep banging the drum that in Washington could end almost all of this immediately, by fulfilling their oaths & caucusing with the Democrats, & we should stop giving them every day & laser focus on that:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Please listen to Alex. The nation needs the facts, not craven corporate politicians of either stripe.
Don't listen to Simon. Donate to local nonprofit news outlets @minnpost.bsky.social @sahanjournal.bsky.social instead
Every dollar to a politician is one dollar that doesn't go to reporters on the ground risking their lives to tell the world what's really happening in Minneapolis
Every dollar to a politician is one dollar that doesn't go to reporters on the ground risking their lives to tell the world what's really happening in Minneapolis
January 18, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Please listen to Alex. The nation needs the facts, not craven corporate politicians of either stripe.
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Posts from Minneapolis residents read like they'll be read in voiceover in a Ken Burns-like doc one day
January 15, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Posts from Minneapolis residents read like they'll be read in voiceover in a Ken Burns-like doc one day
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🧵: There's been a lot of back & forth from a lot of thoughtful folks over the past day or so regarding what should be done, what various elected officials are saying versus seemingly doing, what could be done, what isn't being done, why you don't want to do certain things, etc. 1/
January 15, 2026 at 5:52 PM
🧵: There's been a lot of back & forth from a lot of thoughtful folks over the past day or so regarding what should be done, what various elected officials are saying versus seemingly doing, what could be done, what isn't being done, why you don't want to do certain things, etc. 1/
Lol, a bruise? F ICE.
The network also issued a statement that its name is pronounced See-BS.
The network also issued a statement that its name is pronounced See-BS.
January 14, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Lol, a bruise? F ICE.
The network also issued a statement that its name is pronounced See-BS.
The network also issued a statement that its name is pronounced See-BS.
Reposting, not for the movie (which I did not like) but for the link to the quote from Ta-Nehisi Coates in his interview with the NYT,
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"Regardless of what laws come and go, the people of God will always find ways to provide radically countercultural economies of support, safety, and care."
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‘One Battle After Another’ Shows Christians How to ‘Work for the Peace of the City’
In Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, the best way to fight an endless series of battles is to play smart defense. Churches should take note.
sojo.net
January 12, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Reposting, not for the movie (which I did not like) but for the link to the quote from Ta-Nehisi Coates in his interview with the NYT,
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No, really, what are we doing here?
Some Kentucky Republicans want to ban naturalized Americans from holding public office, as the GOP drives ever-further into xenophobia. www.lpm.org/news/2026-01...
Immigrant citizens would be barred from local, state offices in Kentucky under proposed bills
A Republican lawmaker has filed two bills designed to keep naturalized Americans and those with dual citizenship from serving in local or state elected offices in Kentucky.
www.lpm.org
January 10, 2026 at 8:45 PM
No, really, what are we doing here?
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“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
-Thomas Paine, The American Crisis
-Thomas Paine, The American Crisis
January 10, 2026 at 10:40 PM
“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
-Thomas Paine, The American Crisis
-Thomas Paine, The American Crisis
Reposting this because it deserves to be seen. It's disturbing.
Also, highlighting this video in no way diminishes the loss of every other victim or the pain of their families.
This evidence was easier to share, and that's because our media is complicit with ICE. There needs to be a reckoning.
Also, highlighting this video in no way diminishes the loss of every other victim or the pain of their families.
This evidence was easier to share, and that's because our media is complicit with ICE. There needs to be a reckoning.
Alpha News is a far-right site run by the wife of the former head of the Minneapolis police union.
Whoever leaked this to them thinks it makes Ross look good.
Which is just astonishing.
Whoever leaked this to them thinks it makes Ross look good.
Which is just astonishing.
Alpha News claims that it has obtained the cellphone video recorded by the ICE officer who shot and killed Renee Good.
(Warning: Disturbing.)
(Warning: Disturbing.)
January 10, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Reposting this because it deserves to be seen. It's disturbing.
Also, highlighting this video in no way diminishes the loss of every other victim or the pain of their families.
This evidence was easier to share, and that's because our media is complicit with ICE. There needs to be a reckoning.
Also, highlighting this video in no way diminishes the loss of every other victim or the pain of their families.
This evidence was easier to share, and that's because our media is complicit with ICE. There needs to be a reckoning.