"One: Identify or be arrested. Badge number, name, agency. Refusal means no authority. Prosecute accordingly.
Two: States prosecute agents who commit crimes. When the feds intervene, keep prosecuting. Stopping is acquiescence. Continuing is justice.
Three: Prosecute Ross for the murder of Good."
Two: States prosecute agents who commit crimes. When the feds intervene, keep prosecuting. Stopping is acquiescence. Continuing is justice.
Three: Prosecute Ross for the murder of Good."
How Extrajudicial Killings Became Legal
And how we can change that without waiting for a single election.
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:14 AM
"One: Identify or be arrested. Badge number, name, agency. Refusal means no authority. Prosecute accordingly.
Two: States prosecute agents who commit crimes. When the feds intervene, keep prosecuting. Stopping is acquiescence. Continuing is justice.
Three: Prosecute Ross for the murder of Good."
Two: States prosecute agents who commit crimes. When the feds intervene, keep prosecuting. Stopping is acquiescence. Continuing is justice.
Three: Prosecute Ross for the murder of Good."
"Well, I've been waiting, I was sure
we'd meet between the trains we're waiting for
I think it's time to board another
Please understand, I never had a secret chart
to get me to the heart of this
or any other matter
When he talks like this
you don't know what he's after."
-Leonard Cohen, 1968
we'd meet between the trains we're waiting for
I think it's time to board another
Please understand, I never had a secret chart
to get me to the heart of this
or any other matter
When he talks like this
you don't know what he's after."
-Leonard Cohen, 1968
Leonard Cohen - The Stranger Song (Official Audio)
YouTube video by LeonardCohenVEVO
www.youtube.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:44 AM
"Well, I've been waiting, I was sure
we'd meet between the trains we're waiting for
I think it's time to board another
Please understand, I never had a secret chart
to get me to the heart of this
or any other matter
When he talks like this
you don't know what he's after."
-Leonard Cohen, 1968
we'd meet between the trains we're waiting for
I think it's time to board another
Please understand, I never had a secret chart
to get me to the heart of this
or any other matter
When he talks like this
you don't know what he's after."
-Leonard Cohen, 1968
“Kipple is useless objects, like junk mail or match folders after you use the last match or gum wrappers.” The first law of kipple is that “it drives out nonkipple”. You can’t win against kipple, “except temporarily”. Kipple is now all the algo-rubbish online, our bulging inboxes, the AI slop.
Mass surveillance, the metaverse, making America ‘great again’: the novelists who predicted our present
From Jorge Luis Borges to George Orwell and Margaret Atwood, novelists have foreseen some of the major developments of our age. What can we learn from their prophecies?
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:39 PM
“Kipple is useless objects, like junk mail or match folders after you use the last match or gum wrappers.” The first law of kipple is that “it drives out nonkipple”. You can’t win against kipple, “except temporarily”. Kipple is now all the algo-rubbish online, our bulging inboxes, the AI slop.
Walt Kelly, 1967
January 10, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Walt Kelly, 1967
How are people defending this?
Do they ignore the implications? Ignore the history?
I guess if they can defend murders in the streets of the US by the new national police force, this isn't going to tax them.
Surrendering one's rationality and morals for ideology seems a shitty trade.
Do they ignore the implications? Ignore the history?
I guess if they can defend murders in the streets of the US by the new national police force, this isn't going to tax them.
Surrendering one's rationality and morals for ideology seems a shitty trade.
Trump ramps up Greenland threats and says US will intervene ‘whether they like it or not’
US president doubles down on threats to acquire territory at White House meeting with oil and gas executives
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:30 PM
How are people defending this?
Do they ignore the implications? Ignore the history?
I guess if they can defend murders in the streets of the US by the new national police force, this isn't going to tax them.
Surrendering one's rationality and morals for ideology seems a shitty trade.
Do they ignore the implications? Ignore the history?
I guess if they can defend murders in the streets of the US by the new national police force, this isn't going to tax them.
Surrendering one's rationality and morals for ideology seems a shitty trade.
"A federal agent shot a woman in his city. He responded. The right demanded he apologize - not to improve understanding. To establish submission.
When ICE kills someone, and they demand you apologize for saying “fuck,” they’re not interested in civil discourse. They’re establishing dominance."
When ICE kills someone, and they demand you apologize for saying “fuck,” they’re not interested in civil discourse. They’re establishing dominance."
Never Apologize for Swearing When They Kill Someone
On fascist psychology, the demand for deference, and why you should tell them to go fuck themselves
open.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:22 PM
"A federal agent shot a woman in his city. He responded. The right demanded he apologize - not to improve understanding. To establish submission.
When ICE kills someone, and they demand you apologize for saying “fuck,” they’re not interested in civil discourse. They’re establishing dominance."
When ICE kills someone, and they demand you apologize for saying “fuck,” they’re not interested in civil discourse. They’re establishing dominance."
This is one of the most important lessons of 20th century history.
Monsters may be real, but they're not the greatest danger.
Monsters may be real, but they're not the greatest danger.
January 10, 2026 at 1:16 PM
This is one of the most important lessons of 20th century history.
Monsters may be real, but they're not the greatest danger.
Monsters may be real, but they're not the greatest danger.
"We look for collapse when the real shift is refinement. The system does not fail; it adapts. Force is normalized. Oversight is proceduralized. Accountability is absorbed into review structures that no longer constrain outcomes. The machinery continues to operate, just toward a different end."
The Hollow State
How Power Became Procedural in America's First Week of 2026
open.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:09 PM
"We look for collapse when the real shift is refinement. The system does not fail; it adapts. Force is normalized. Oversight is proceduralized. Accountability is absorbed into review structures that no longer constrain outcomes. The machinery continues to operate, just toward a different end."
This is intimidation, not law enforcement.
January 10, 2026 at 1:03 PM
This is intimidation, not law enforcement.
Kevin Kallaugher
January 10, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Kevin Kallaugher
"Even before the murder in Minneapolis, Trump had begun to use ICE and the National Guard to project power, to demonstrate that they can operate in defiance of the law. Armed, unidentified masked men patrol the streets of US cities. This paramilitary force could have other uses in the future."
The Real Purpose of ICE
It's not just for detaining immigrants
open.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
"Even before the murder in Minneapolis, Trump had begun to use ICE and the National Guard to project power, to demonstrate that they can operate in defiance of the law. Armed, unidentified masked men patrol the streets of US cities. This paramilitary force could have other uses in the future."
Michael de Adder
January 10, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Michael de Adder
Journey to American Democracy: The Battle of the Bulge
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Journey to American Democracy: The Battle of the Bulge
This new series in Journey to American Democracy comes to you thanks to that odd way history has of braiding the past and the present.
open.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Journey to American Democracy: The Battle of the Bulge
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"You can hear her being ordered by one to get out of the car, and another to get out of here. She is being given conflicting orders in a very confusing situation.
Congressman Wesley Hunt (GOP): “When a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep your life.”
Congressman Wesley Hunt (GOP): “When a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep your life.”
Donald Trump’s dictator budget
This week, our president announced that he would like the nation’s defense budget, which already stands at $1 trillion, to be increased by $500 billion, or $600 billion.
open.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:28 PM
"You can hear her being ordered by one to get out of the car, and another to get out of here. She is being given conflicting orders in a very confusing situation.
Congressman Wesley Hunt (GOP): “When a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep your life.”
Congressman Wesley Hunt (GOP): “When a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep your life.”
“Fascism thrives on indifference and ignorance”. Freedom requires “being alert and on guard against the infringement of the freedom of every American. If we permit discrimination, prejudice, or hate to rob anyone of his democratic rights, our own freedom and all democracy is threatened.”
January 9, 2026
Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S.
open.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:17 PM
“Fascism thrives on indifference and ignorance”. Freedom requires “being alert and on guard against the infringement of the freedom of every American. If we permit discrimination, prejudice, or hate to rob anyone of his democratic rights, our own freedom and all democracy is threatened.”