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Productivity isn't everything, but in the long run, it is everything.
#NAFO
Any country or group that attacks civilians is no ally. It’s international law.
Slava Ukraine
Productivity isn't everything, but in the long run, it is everything.
#NAFO
Any country or group that attacks civilians is no ally. It’s international law.
Slava Ukraine
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Possible secession scenarios – Stidmatt
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If Trump continues down the path he is going down now, I do not see the preservation of the Union as possible or even desirable, at least from a Northern perspective.
Republicans will really not like the consequences of their actions.
Republicans will really not like the consequences of their actions.
Regarding the Interstate Bridge replacement.
1. The US almost always underestimates transit usage in major cities.
2. The light rail section of the bridge will likely carry a majority of people for a minority of the cost.
3. Rail is expected to be profitable, the highway won’t be.
1. The US almost always underestimates transit usage in major cities.
2. The light rail section of the bridge will likely carry a majority of people for a minority of the cost.
3. Rail is expected to be profitable, the highway won’t be.
Light rail, express bus operation on new Interstate 5 Bridge projected to cost $10.3M annually, less than half of last estimate
New estimates indicate the cost of operating and maintaining light rail trains and express buses on the planned Interstate 5 replacement bridge will likely be less than half the $21.8 million annual p
www.columbian.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Regarding the Interstate Bridge replacement.
1. The US almost always underestimates transit usage in major cities.
2. The light rail section of the bridge will likely carry a majority of people for a minority of the cost.
3. Rail is expected to be profitable, the highway won’t be.
1. The US almost always underestimates transit usage in major cities.
2. The light rail section of the bridge will likely carry a majority of people for a minority of the cost.
3. Rail is expected to be profitable, the highway won’t be.
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Something bigger is burning in Russian-occupied Luhansk, Ukraine.
January 26, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Something bigger is burning in Russian-occupied Luhansk, Ukraine.
If Starmer falls it is because he defends Trump while being a hard core Euroskeptic who refuses to send weapons to Ukraine without his Daddy Trump’s permission.
He is a neoconservative.
He is a neoconservative.
If Starmer falls, one of the many reasons for such a fiasco is his and his team's complete inability to cultivate a friendly squad of journalists and commentator's willing to stick their necks out to defend him whatever happens.
Tom Baldwin as an army of one just isn't enough.
Tom Baldwin as an army of one just isn't enough.
January 26, 2026 at 1:03 PM
If Starmer falls it is because he defends Trump while being a hard core Euroskeptic who refuses to send weapons to Ukraine without his Daddy Trump’s permission.
He is a neoconservative.
He is a neoconservative.
The gross illegal actions by the federal government in Minnesota should be enough to break up the country.
Do it now before it gets worse.
Do it now before it gets worse.
January 26, 2026 at 12:59 PM
The gross illegal actions by the federal government in Minnesota should be enough to break up the country.
Do it now before it gets worse.
Do it now before it gets worse.
Border patrol and ICE were always sadistic thugs. That is what happens when you give people authority without accountability.
January 26, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Border patrol and ICE were always sadistic thugs. That is what happens when you give people authority without accountability.
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ICE violence on US streets stems from IDF training and Israeli involvement with the Trump regime, DHS, and CBP, including support for tactics, influence ops, and surveillance tech used to target civilians; create databases. If you are still playing for Israel you might as well be a Russian too.
January 26, 2026 at 7:01 AM
ICE violence on US streets stems from IDF training and Israeli involvement with the Trump regime, DHS, and CBP, including support for tactics, influence ops, and surveillance tech used to target civilians; create databases. If you are still playing for Israel you might as well be a Russian too.
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If you're running for President and "abolish ICE" isn't in your platform, sit down. If you're running for Congress, same. If you're running for fucking *dogcatcher*, same.
January 24, 2026 at 7:53 PM
If you're running for President and "abolish ICE" isn't in your platform, sit down. If you're running for Congress, same. If you're running for fucking *dogcatcher*, same.
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If what ICE is doing is legal, then why do they keep blocking investigations and why does the Trump regime keep using pre-written narratives of their officers' actions being right before they have all the facts?
January 25, 2026 at 10:41 AM
If what ICE is doing is legal, then why do they keep blocking investigations and why does the Trump regime keep using pre-written narratives of their officers' actions being right before they have all the facts?
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I'm so tired and would love to sleep but I'm too worried about people in American Concentration Camps.
January 26, 2026 at 5:58 AM
I'm so tired and would love to sleep but I'm too worried about people in American Concentration Camps.
Enough is enough. Impeach. Remove. Convict.
Deaths mount as Trump immigration push intensifies — Reuters
The fatal shooting of a man in Minneapolis on Saturday added to a mounting death toll in U.S. President Donald Trump’s intensifying immigration push this month, increasing scrutiny on the crackdown as...
apple.news
January 26, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Enough is enough. Impeach. Remove. Convict.
Fuck it. Democratic states need to actively use the SALT deduction to drain the federal government of revenue.
Republicans are looking at cutting off federal funding for Democratic-led states.
Our government shouldn’t be in the business of punishing people for how they vote.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Our government shouldn’t be in the business of punishing people for how they vote.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump budget office orders review of funds to Democratic-controlled states
President Donald Trump said his administration would cut off federal resources to “sanctuary cities” on Feb. 1.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Fuck it. Democratic states need to actively use the SALT deduction to drain the federal government of revenue.
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🚨"F*ck these motherf*ckers, f*ck em!" -Minneapolis protesters scream as immigration agents fire grenades & tear gas at protesters after immigration agents shot ANOTHER person.
"Firing tear gas, flash bangs just for walking up to them and protesting!" -@jtcestkowski.bsky.social LIVE NOW ⬇️
"Firing tear gas, flash bangs just for walking up to them and protesting!" -@jtcestkowski.bsky.social LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 24, 2026 at 5:16 PM
🚨"F*ck these motherf*ckers, f*ck em!" -Minneapolis protesters scream as immigration agents fire grenades & tear gas at protesters after immigration agents shot ANOTHER person.
"Firing tear gas, flash bangs just for walking up to them and protesting!" -@jtcestkowski.bsky.social LIVE NOW ⬇️
"Firing tear gas, flash bangs just for walking up to them and protesting!" -@jtcestkowski.bsky.social LIVE NOW ⬇️
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Keith Ellison talks about how is son is a veteran who works in healthcare in Minnesota
"When he was at work today and last night, he said, 'My colleagues were crying. They took this hit to one of their own very personally.' He said I did too."
"When he was at work today and last night, he said, 'My colleagues were crying. They took this hit to one of their own very personally.' He said I did too."
January 25, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Keith Ellison talks about how is son is a veteran who works in healthcare in Minnesota
"When he was at work today and last night, he said, 'My colleagues were crying. They took this hit to one of their own very personally.' He said I did too."
"When he was at work today and last night, he said, 'My colleagues were crying. They took this hit to one of their own very personally.' He said I did too."
Border Patrol agents shot a VA nurse in the back three times because he was doing his job as a nurse in trying to help someone.
Fucking monsters.
Fucking monsters.
Murder. Shot in the back three times.
Don’t turn away. Please share.
Don’t turn away. Please share.
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Border Patrol agents shot a VA nurse in the back three times because he was doing his job as a nurse in trying to help someone.
Fucking monsters.
Fucking monsters.
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First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth Amendments.
Where are the government officials standing up for the Constitution and rule of law? Where is the military, supposed to defend the Constitution against threats foreign and domestic?
Where are the government officials standing up for the Constitution and rule of law? Where is the military, supposed to defend the Constitution against threats foreign and domestic?
January 24, 2026 at 11:05 PM
First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth Amendments.
Where are the government officials standing up for the Constitution and rule of law? Where is the military, supposed to defend the Constitution against threats foreign and domestic?
Where are the government officials standing up for the Constitution and rule of law? Where is the military, supposed to defend the Constitution against threats foreign and domestic?
Alex Pretti was a VA nurse who served veterans and was ruthlessly murdered by border patrol.
There is no possible excuse for this, or really any police shooting outside of self defense. The vast majority of police shootings are not made in self defense and are simple homicide, including this one.
There is no possible excuse for this, or really any police shooting outside of self defense. The vast majority of police shootings are not made in self defense and are simple homicide, including this one.
Killing of Alex Pretti - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 25, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Alex Pretti was a VA nurse who served veterans and was ruthlessly murdered by border patrol.
There is no possible excuse for this, or really any police shooting outside of self defense. The vast majority of police shootings are not made in self defense and are simple homicide, including this one.
There is no possible excuse for this, or really any police shooting outside of self defense. The vast majority of police shootings are not made in self defense and are simple homicide, including this one.
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My grandmother’s family was murdered in the chambers of Auschwitz. She survived and told me never let it get that far. Make them shoot you in public before they murder you in hiding. Stand up for others. Never cave in fear of the Nazis or the holocaust will happen again.
November 21, 2024 at 8:12 AM
My grandmother’s family was murdered in the chambers of Auschwitz. She survived and told me never let it get that far. Make them shoot you in public before they murder you in hiding. Stand up for others. Never cave in fear of the Nazis or the holocaust will happen again.
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Holy crap.
This is the most damning video yet.
It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face.
Murder.
This is the most damning video yet.
It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face.
Murder.
January 24, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Holy crap.
This is the most damning video yet.
It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face.
Murder.
This is the most damning video yet.
It shows Border Patrol agents clearly taking Alex's firearm, running it away, and THEN executed him in cold blood by emptying a clip into his face.
Murder.
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These agents need to be held accountable and the entire DHS needs to be reined in.
This is outrageous, tragic, and un-American.
This is outrageous, tragic, and un-American.
Video from Facebook. Content warning. No visible blood in video that I could see, but it's a rough watch.
Watch the ICE agent on the far left, after the pistol-whipping.
Watch the ICE agent on the far left, after the pistol-whipping.
January 24, 2026 at 3:56 PM
These agents need to be held accountable and the entire DHS needs to be reined in.
This is outrageous, tragic, and un-American.
This is outrageous, tragic, and un-American.
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Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
January 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
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BREAKING: DHS has blocked Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans from conducting an independent investigation and into Alex Pretti’s apparent murder.
RIP Alex. America must fight back.
RIP Alex. America must fight back.
January 24, 2026 at 9:49 PM
BREAKING: DHS has blocked Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans from conducting an independent investigation and into Alex Pretti’s apparent murder.
RIP Alex. America must fight back.
RIP Alex. America must fight back.
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I'm not sure Democrats in D.C. are aware that their base's rage against ICE has reached a level of blinding white-hot intensity.
They're worried about "looking weak" for voting "against law enforcement" when they should be worried a mob of housewives is going to come beat them to death if they do.
They're worried about "looking weak" for voting "against law enforcement" when they should be worried a mob of housewives is going to come beat them to death if they do.
January 24, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I'm not sure Democrats in D.C. are aware that their base's rage against ICE has reached a level of blinding white-hot intensity.
They're worried about "looking weak" for voting "against law enforcement" when they should be worried a mob of housewives is going to come beat them to death if they do.
They're worried about "looking weak" for voting "against law enforcement" when they should be worried a mob of housewives is going to come beat them to death if they do.
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Moderna is cutting new vaccine investment because crazy anti-vax politics is poisoning the U.S. market.
And the part no one wants to say out loud: Americans overpay and have been subsidizing global vaccine research for years. Break that, and the whole world suffers.
And the part no one wants to say out loud: Americans overpay and have been subsidizing global vaccine research for years. Break that, and the whole world suffers.
January 24, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Moderna is cutting new vaccine investment because crazy anti-vax politics is poisoning the U.S. market.
And the part no one wants to say out loud: Americans overpay and have been subsidizing global vaccine research for years. Break that, and the whole world suffers.
And the part no one wants to say out loud: Americans overpay and have been subsidizing global vaccine research for years. Break that, and the whole world suffers.
There must be a story behind the missing railroad between Portugal and Spain along the southern coast.
I’m guessing Franco?
Does anyone know for sure?
I’m guessing Franco?
Does anyone know for sure?
January 24, 2026 at 4:50 PM
There must be a story behind the missing railroad between Portugal and Spain along the southern coast.
I’m guessing Franco?
Does anyone know for sure?
I’m guessing Franco?
Does anyone know for sure?
If current trends continue, I think it is guaranteed Trump will be impeached again, and impossible he will be removed.
But if Democrats get 51 seats in the Senate this November, we can completely defund the government, draining Trump of resources and increasing tax deductions for state taxes.
But if Democrats get 51 seats in the Senate this November, we can completely defund the government, draining Trump of resources and increasing tax deductions for state taxes.
January 24, 2026 at 3:34 PM
If current trends continue, I think it is guaranteed Trump will be impeached again, and impossible he will be removed.
But if Democrats get 51 seats in the Senate this November, we can completely defund the government, draining Trump of resources and increasing tax deductions for state taxes.
But if Democrats get 51 seats in the Senate this November, we can completely defund the government, draining Trump of resources and increasing tax deductions for state taxes.