hellarain
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he was trying to crush this girl with the door???
January 20, 2026 at 3:19 AM
he was trying to crush this girl with the door???
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For every one of us that have been screaming for years about just how dangerous this regime is, this is worth the read.
There's Something Weird Happening With Some Trump Supporters — And It Might Piss You Off
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
There's Something Weird Happening With Some Trump Supporters — And It Might Piss You Off
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
January 20, 2026 at 2:58 AM
For every one of us that have been screaming for years about just how dangerous this regime is, this is worth the read.
There's Something Weird Happening With Some Trump Supporters — And It Might Piss You Off
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
There's Something Weird Happening With Some Trump Supporters — And It Might Piss You Off
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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It's a problem that actual elected officials post on social media as if they are powerless observers and commentators.
January 19, 2026 at 10:14 PM
It's a problem that actual elected officials post on social media as if they are powerless observers and commentators.
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Every now and then I get the Rosa Parks wasn't the first arrest post on my feed. What made Rosa Parks story famous wasn't a conspiracy it was organizing. I teach the boycotts when I teach campaigns and strategy. The Montgomery Boycotts weren't the first bus boycotts they learned from other failures
January 19, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Every now and then I get the Rosa Parks wasn't the first arrest post on my feed. What made Rosa Parks story famous wasn't a conspiracy it was organizing. I teach the boycotts when I teach campaigns and strategy. The Montgomery Boycotts weren't the first bus boycotts they learned from other failures
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The Norwegian government is staying fairly quiet for now, but as a sign of the shifting vibe here the former head of Norway’s armed forces has come out and called the US a “neo-fascist banana republic” and a “hostile great power without norms”. www.dn.no/politikk/tid...
Tidligere forsvarssjef om Trumps USA: – Neo-fascistisk bananrepublikk (+)
Tidligere forsvarssjef Sverre Diesen mener USA er blitt «en normløs og fiendtlig innstilt stormakt», og advarer samtidig mot å feste vår lit til Europa. Harald Sunde mener det haster med en plan B.
www.dn.no
January 19, 2026 at 8:56 PM
The Norwegian government is staying fairly quiet for now, but as a sign of the shifting vibe here the former head of Norway’s armed forces has come out and called the US a “neo-fascist banana republic” and a “hostile great power without norms”. www.dn.no/politikk/tid...
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This is a definition that has literally nothing to do with working or class.
January 19, 2026 at 9:13 PM
This is a definition that has literally nothing to do with working or class.
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We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
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My god, imagine thinking you are “making a difference” by posting
This post is from two years ago
January 19, 2026 at 11:09 PM
My god, imagine thinking you are “making a difference” by posting
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Thanks so much to everyone who has checked in about what it’s like in Minneapolis right now. This should answer most of your questions:
It’s worse than it looks in Minneapolis
But locals are organizing to keep each other safe from ICE agents.
www.theverge.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Thanks so much to everyone who has checked in about what it’s like in Minneapolis right now. This should answer most of your questions:
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It’s cold comfort right now but, if past is prologue, spectacles of violence committed by the state against sympathetic civilians—especially when captured on camera—were the beginning of the end for Bull Connor and Jim Crow, too.
January 14, 2026 at 1:46 AM
It’s cold comfort right now but, if past is prologue, spectacles of violence committed by the state against sympathetic civilians—especially when captured on camera—were the beginning of the end for Bull Connor and Jim Crow, too.
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Okay, look. I’m taking a break from the posting break to say we gotta be one team, one fight on this shitshow instead of infighting between American and Euro-Canadian posters.
January 19, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Okay, look. I’m taking a break from the posting break to say we gotta be one team, one fight on this shitshow instead of infighting between American and Euro-Canadian posters.
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I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white
Despite Trump’s promises, grocery prices are still rising fast. Families can’t afford this… when is he going to get serious about lowering costs?
January 19, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white
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Blanche won’t investigate the killing of an innocent woman on camera but they’ve got all hands on deck for a church service being interrupted
January 19, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Blanche won’t investigate the killing of an innocent woman on camera but they’ve got all hands on deck for a church service being interrupted
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Let's remember that MLK was assassinated while in Memphis supporting African American sanitation workers who were, despite CNN's weird definition, actually members of the working class.
January 19, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Let's remember that MLK was assassinated while in Memphis supporting African American sanitation workers who were, despite CNN's weird definition, actually members of the working class.
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Today’s medical news.
January 19, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Today’s medical news.
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The Star of the North ✴️
January 19, 2026 at 6:50 PM
The Star of the North ✴️
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I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:56 PM
I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
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This is 100% correct and the EU should do it immediately.
The USA will break if a bunch of entitled Americans suddenly can’t book get-aways in Paris.
The USA will break if a bunch of entitled Americans suddenly can’t book get-aways in Paris.
90 day suspension of US tourist visas and this is all over
January 19, 2026 at 5:50 AM
This is 100% correct and the EU should do it immediately.
The USA will break if a bunch of entitled Americans suddenly can’t book get-aways in Paris.
The USA will break if a bunch of entitled Americans suddenly can’t book get-aways in Paris.
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There's no shortage of problems with this, but I'm especially struck by the domestic political implications:
Trump wants to do one unpopular thing (impose tariffs that are likely to push consumer prices higher), in pursuit of a different unpopular thing (acquiring Greenland).
Trump wants to do one unpopular thing (impose tariffs that are likely to push consumer prices higher), in pursuit of a different unpopular thing (acquiring Greenland).
BREAKING: Trump says eight European countries will be charged a 10% tariff for opposing U.S. control of Greenland.
Trump says 8 European countries will be charged a 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland
President Donald Trump says he'll charge a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European countries because of opposition to U.S. control of Greenland.
bit.ly
January 17, 2026 at 5:13 PM
There's no shortage of problems with this, but I'm especially struck by the domestic political implications:
Trump wants to do one unpopular thing (impose tariffs that are likely to push consumer prices higher), in pursuit of a different unpopular thing (acquiring Greenland).
Trump wants to do one unpopular thing (impose tariffs that are likely to push consumer prices higher), in pursuit of a different unpopular thing (acquiring Greenland).
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The EU absolutely should grasp him by the golf balls and twist
trump only cares when it hits him personally. they should sanction trump directly.
you wanna see results: close his scottish golf course.
you wanna see results: close his scottish golf course.
January 19, 2026 at 5:58 AM
The EU absolutely should grasp him by the golf balls and twist
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As I understand it, the rationale of the cops and cop-defenders is that the rhetoric in the Facebook comment could have agitated someone else into doing something violent or illegal.
Here are some of the problems with that theory.
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Here are some of the problems with that theory.
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A woman left a comment on Facebook criticizing the Mayor of Miami Beach,.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
As I understand it, the rationale of the cops and cop-defenders is that the rhetoric in the Facebook comment could have agitated someone else into doing something violent or illegal.
Here are some of the problems with that theory.
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Here are some of the problems with that theory.
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I’m going to keep hammering this point: the excesses of ICE we see now are entirely contiguous with our system of policing more broadly, and the reason that almost no politician wants to threaten real consequences for ICE agents is because it opens the door to making the same demands of the cops
January 19, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I’m going to keep hammering this point: the excesses of ICE we see now are entirely contiguous with our system of policing more broadly, and the reason that almost no politician wants to threaten real consequences for ICE agents is because it opens the door to making the same demands of the cops
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And I fucking hate the caveats especially "NO CRIMINAL RECORD."
People who have criminal records ALSO deserve dignity. OK.
People who have criminal records ALSO deserve dignity. OK.
January 19, 2026 at 5:50 AM
And I fucking hate the caveats especially "NO CRIMINAL RECORD."
People who have criminal records ALSO deserve dignity. OK.
People who have criminal records ALSO deserve dignity. OK.
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“Even by Trump’s standards, this letter is so dangerous and so delusional that there is no longer any question that the president is mentally ‘unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office,’ as laid out in the 25th Amendment to the Constitution.” www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
Trump’s Insane New Threat Leaves No Doubt: It’s Time for the 25th Amendment
There is no longer any denying the president is unable to carry out the demands of his office.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:56 PM
“Even by Trump’s standards, this letter is so dangerous and so delusional that there is no longer any question that the president is mentally ‘unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office,’ as laid out in the 25th Amendment to the Constitution.” www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
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Invoke the 25th Amendment.
January 19, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Invoke the 25th Amendment.