Vid Hardt
@vidhardt.bsky.social
Good Satire Is Prescient. But it's not enough.
Editor of era-defining books. Fb.me/editorMPE
Editor of era-defining books. Fb.me/editorMPE
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Vid Hardt
@vidhardt.bsky.social
· Jan 9
Hennepin County DA is asking anyone with any recording of the shooting of Renee Good— before and after— to please send them whatever you have no matter how small or insignificant you might think it is.
Prosecution is possible even with federal interference.
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JD Vance is such a sophisticated figure. He posted this, and then deleted it—insulting both the Armenians and the Turks in rapid succession.
February 10, 2026 at 5:24 PM
JD Vance is such a sophisticated figure. He posted this, and then deleted it—insulting both the Armenians and the Turks in rapid succession.
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Lutnick unleashes a new set of Epstein lies, but after the initial skirmishes, he just can't remember anything—the old fallback.
February 10, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Lutnick unleashes a new set of Epstein lies, but after the initial skirmishes, he just can't remember anything—the old fallback.
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“ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety. What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of.”
– ICE List Founder
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– ICE List Founder
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February 10, 2026 at 5:27 PM
“ICE aren’t actually fearful of their safety. What they’re fearful of is not being invited to baseball games or not being invited to the pub with their friends. Community exclusion – that’s what they’re fearful of.”
– ICE List Founder
bsky.app/profile/mria...
– ICE List Founder
bsky.app/profile/mria...
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Two of the federal prosecutors in the Feeding Our Future case have set up their own private defense firm. The attorneys were part of a wave of recent resignations from the Minnesota US Attorney's Office.
Former Minnesota federal prosecutors launch private defense firm
Two of the federal prosecutors in the Feeding Our Future case have set up their own white collar defense firm.
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Two of the federal prosecutors in the Feeding Our Future case have set up their own private defense firm. The attorneys were part of a wave of recent resignations from the Minnesota US Attorney's Office.
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NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
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The Trump administration is deporting a Christian minister back to the country that tortured him, which seems like the kind of thing the Religious Right would care about if a dirty Democrat were doing it.
“I followed the rules. I’ve done great in the community. I’ve never abused any of the conditions of the stay or of my supervision…I’m so scared, I cannot go back."
ICE brutally detained a minister in Vermont. Now, the Trump administration wants to send him back to Uganda, where he was tortured.
ICE brutally detained a minister in Vermont. Now, the Trump administration wants to send him back to Uganda, where he was tortured.
He fled torture in Uganda. ICE is trying to send him back.
People like Pastor Steven Tendo “are exactly who our asylum system is meant to protect.”
www.motherjones.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The Trump administration is deporting a Christian minister back to the country that tortured him, which seems like the kind of thing the Religious Right would care about if a dirty Democrat were doing it.
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On October 14, the Trump administration murdered six people when they bombed a civilian boat in the Caribbean.
We’re suing on behalf of two of the victims’ families because the government must be held accountable.
We’re suing on behalf of two of the victims’ families because the government must be held accountable.
Families of Boat Strike Victims Sue U.S. for “Manifestly Unlawful” Killings
A lawsuit aims to hold the Trump administration accountable for killing two Trinidadian men in an airstrike in the Caribbean.
theintercept.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:12 PM
On October 14, the Trump administration murdered six people when they bombed a civilian boat in the Caribbean.
We’re suing on behalf of two of the victims’ families because the government must be held accountable.
We’re suing on behalf of two of the victims’ families because the government must be held accountable.
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As much as we want to rip them a new one for getting us into this mess, when people on the right come forward and apologize and admit they were wrong, we should probably welcome them to the light.
February 7, 2026 at 5:17 AM
As much as we want to rip them a new one for getting us into this mess, when people on the right come forward and apologize and admit they were wrong, we should probably welcome them to the light.
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There should be no American history book that makes it pass the censors either.
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 7, 2026 at 3:52 PM
There should be no American history book that makes it pass the censors either.
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Mona Charen is thinking what I keep thinking: "Something is deeply awry with a nation that can give a popular vote majority to a moral degenerate who did not hide his authoritarian plans. But we shouldn’t act as though public opinion hasn’t shifted since the 2024 election."
How Big Is MAGA, Really?
Trump is governing like he has a huge mandate. The numbers disagree.
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Mona Charen is thinking what I keep thinking: "Something is deeply awry with a nation that can give a popular vote majority to a moral degenerate who did not hide his authoritarian plans. But we shouldn’t act as though public opinion hasn’t shifted since the 2024 election."
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Jamelle Bouie hits nail on head: "For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism."
Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Jamelle Bouie hits nail on head: "For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism."
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I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.
I wrote a bit about the misguided effort by Democrats to replicate Joe Rogan the right-wing podcast ecosystem.
May 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.
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My friend lives in this building and said it was truly terrifying. The whole building woke up to their building being broken into by federal agents all to grab some guy who’s posted about being anti facist.
After 6am this morning in Whittier, Minneapolis—FOUR BLOCKS from where Pretti was murdered.
18 agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) markings smashed an apartment window, ran in, and came out with one man.
18 agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) markings smashed an apartment window, ran in, and came out with one man.
February 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
My friend lives in this building and said it was truly terrifying. The whole building woke up to their building being broken into by federal agents all to grab some guy who’s posted about being anti facist.
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@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him
Ron Wyden Only Talks Like This When The Spies Do Something *Real* Bad
No, I don't know what they did. But I have a lot of experience with the senator
www.forever-wars.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:10 PM
@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him
Institutional collapse.
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
February 3, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Institutional collapse.
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This is David Greenwald's Columbia. Shameful misconduct by an administration that betrays its faculty and students at he drop of a hat.
February 1, 2026 at 5:18 AM
This is David Greenwald's Columbia. Shameful misconduct by an administration that betrays its faculty and students at he drop of a hat.
Please please please. And all the others, please.
Liam and his father might be released.
Judge orders 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father be released from immigration detention, source says | CNN
A federal judge has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejos Ramos and his father from the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, according to a source with knowledge of the fed...
www.cnn.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Please please please. And all the others, please.
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Reminded of the time that a BBC World Service presenter asked their guest how long there had been a Latino presence in Los Angeles and I yelled at my car stereo, “The name of the city is **LOS ANGELES**!”
I may have a stroke.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”
A PROTESTant.
I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
January 31, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Reminded of the time that a BBC World Service presenter asked their guest how long there had been a Latino presence in Los Angeles and I yelled at my car stereo, “The name of the city is **LOS ANGELES**!”
Plausible
I suck at pop culture and so don't know abt Brett Ratner or even his famous movies.
But it seems relevant to discussion of his ties to Epstein that the movie sort of arose out of effort to push back on Epstein-thru-Wolff claims that Epstein fucked Melania first.
But it seems relevant to discussion of his ties to Epstein that the movie sort of arose out of effort to push back on Epstein-thru-Wolff claims that Epstein fucked Melania first.
January 31, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Plausible
The problem with satirizing the right is it's too easy—as with the Colbert Report—simply to become yet another wretched purveyor of hurtful bullshit while claiming it's a parody.
This post isn't a pitch but a gleeful attempt to beat other assholes to cause pain to grieving friends and fans.
This post isn't a pitch but a gleeful attempt to beat other assholes to cause pain to grieving friends and fans.
Waiting for Epstein
Bari Weiss is more Scarlett O'Hara than Catherine O'Hara, and she'd be home alone if not for turning CBS into SEC TV to aid a mighty windbag named DJT. But Bari's best in show can't save Donald from being up Schitt's creek if those Epstein docs get un-redacted.
by Maureen Dowd
Bari Weiss is more Scarlett O'Hara than Catherine O'Hara, and she'd be home alone if not for turning CBS into SEC TV to aid a mighty windbag named DJT. But Bari's best in show can't save Donald from being up Schitt's creek if those Epstein docs get un-redacted.
by Maureen Dowd
January 31, 2026 at 9:40 AM
The problem with satirizing the right is it's too easy—as with the Colbert Report—simply to become yet another wretched purveyor of hurtful bullshit while claiming it's a parody.
This post isn't a pitch but a gleeful attempt to beat other assholes to cause pain to grieving friends and fans.
This post isn't a pitch but a gleeful attempt to beat other assholes to cause pain to grieving friends and fans.
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As Susan Collins proudly announces the ICE ops in Maine are off—Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history. There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it. There was just this tiny peanut of a baby, crying.
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:13 PM
As Susan Collins proudly announces the ICE ops in Maine are off—Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history. There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it. There was just this tiny peanut of a baby, crying.
Nobody's driving but everybody's throwing each other under the bus.
Judgment at Noemberg
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Nobody's driving but everybody's throwing each other under the bus.
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Last night, in the wake of tragedy, Minnesota voters came together to end the Republican majority in the Minnesota House, electing Democrats Shelley Buck in District 47A and Meg Luger-Nikolai in District 64A.
January 28, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Last night, in the wake of tragedy, Minnesota voters came together to end the Republican majority in the Minnesota House, electing Democrats Shelley Buck in District 47A and Meg Luger-Nikolai in District 64A.
The kidnapped 5-year-old is being poisoned by the unfit food and could soon die.
Ramos’ mother addressed his deteriorating health earlier this week:
“Liam is getting sick because the food they receive is not of good quality,” she told MPR News on Monday. “He has stomach pain, he’s vomiting, he has a fever and he no longer wants to eat.”
“Liam is getting sick because the food they receive is not of good quality,” she told MPR News on Monday. “He has stomach pain, he’s vomiting, he has a fever and he no longer wants to eat.”
January 28, 2026 at 11:23 PM
The kidnapped 5-year-old is being poisoned by the unfit food and could soon die.