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Mad President Trump is like King Lear right now, but with no Kent. And no brain to lose.
January 17, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Mad President Trump is like King Lear right now, but with no Kent. And no brain to lose.
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How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
January 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
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Impeaching Donald Trump and then replacing him with J.D. Vance is like shitting your pants and then changing your shirt.
January 17, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Impeaching Donald Trump and then replacing him with J.D. Vance is like shitting your pants and then changing your shirt.
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There is a sense of loss right from the beginning of this poem. That hug from an empty shirt.
It also reminds us how small, repetitive acts of mundane service can ground us.
The poem will be waiting when we return to it
#poetry
#poemoftheday
It also reminds us how small, repetitive acts of mundane service can ground us.
The poem will be waiting when we return to it
#poetry
#poemoftheday
January 16, 2026 at 7:32 PM
There is a sense of loss right from the beginning of this poem. That hug from an empty shirt.
It also reminds us how small, repetitive acts of mundane service can ground us.
The poem will be waiting when we return to it
#poetry
#poemoftheday
It also reminds us how small, repetitive acts of mundane service can ground us.
The poem will be waiting when we return to it
#poetry
#poemoftheday
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damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis
January 16, 2026 at 4:18 PM
damn -- CNN put together a video of Kristi Noem claiming ICE officers are "highly trained and skilled" and "gifted" alongside to a clip of them beating someone nearly to death in Minneapolis
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AOC’s Message To Trump: It’s Not If We Impeach, It’s Which Charges We File
AOC’s Message To Trump: It’s Not If We Impeach, It’s Which Charges We File
Plus CBS News suffers rating collapse, worker goes viral for confronting Trump, and Dems push for ICE agent’s arrest
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January 15, 2026 at 4:17 PM
AOC’s Message To Trump: It’s Not If We Impeach, It’s Which Charges We File
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To the people who argue that elections cannot be stopped, I ask who will stop Trump if he decides to simply ignore the results or he institutes Martial Law? SCOTUS? The DOJ? The FBI? Congress? There is no mechanism, no law, left to keep Trump from doing what he want's. Except us.
January 15, 2026 at 5:38 PM
To the people who argue that elections cannot be stopped, I ask who will stop Trump if he decides to simply ignore the results or he institutes Martial Law? SCOTUS? The DOJ? The FBI? Congress? There is no mechanism, no law, left to keep Trump from doing what he want's. Except us.
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“I think there is a necessity to be still sometimes and let life happen to you, to let your manner of being in the world be changed by what happens to you so that you will have a different self out of which to write.” —Louise Glück
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January 16, 2026 at 3:05 PM
“I think there is a necessity to be still sometimes and let life happen to you, to let your manner of being in the world be changed by what happens to you so that you will have a different self out of which to write.” —Louise Glück
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Speaking from the Old Continent, it isn't. It really, really isn't. It's a message to a country that we all thought of as a friend and ally but is now extremely unwell.
VARNEY: Troops from Germany, France, Sweden, and Norway are taking part in a military exercise in Greenland. What kind of message are they sending to America?
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: Well, I don't think this is a message to the US. This is a message to China and Russia.
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: Well, I don't think this is a message to the US. This is a message to China and Russia.
January 16, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Speaking from the Old Continent, it isn't. It really, really isn't. It's a message to a country that we all thought of as a friend and ally but is now extremely unwell.
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One must constantly prepare for sudden beauty.
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 AM
One must constantly prepare for sudden beauty.
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You won't regret this...
When I have Fears
That I May Cease to Be
• John Keats •
When I have Fears
That I May Cease to Be
• John Keats •
January 16, 2026 at 12:45 PM
You won't regret this...
When I have Fears
That I May Cease to Be
• John Keats •
When I have Fears
That I May Cease to Be
• John Keats •
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It will become increasingly important for people to take video and protect and save that video so that when there is finally an accounting for what’s happening, there will be evidence.
January 16, 2026 at 12:29 AM
It will become increasingly important for people to take video and protect and save that video so that when there is finally an accounting for what’s happening, there will be evidence.
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Pictured: Someone who actually won a Nobel Peace Prize
January 16, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Pictured: Someone who actually won a Nobel Peace Prize
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For years I have preached that the 2nd Amendment is not going to save anyone from real tyranny because it would involve going against the military, which has MUCH bigger and better weapons. And that is also my friends why I am not real keen on a revolution unless there is NO other choice.
January 15, 2026 at 4:56 PM
For years I have preached that the 2nd Amendment is not going to save anyone from real tyranny because it would involve going against the military, which has MUCH bigger and better weapons. And that is also my friends why I am not real keen on a revolution unless there is NO other choice.
My wife said this about me to a friend: “Sam’s greatest fear is to be known.” And I actually think that’s very true.
January 15, 2026 at 10:15 PM
My wife said this about me to a friend: “Sam’s greatest fear is to be known.” And I actually think that’s very true.
Charles Olson to Robert Creeley in a 1950 letter: “Judgment is a lie except we use it on ourselves.”
January 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Charles Olson to Robert Creeley in a 1950 letter: “Judgment is a lie except we use it on ourselves.”
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
Pretty amazing that our allies are running war games scenarios in Greenland with us as the invaders. What the fuck is that?
January 15, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Pretty amazing that our allies are running war games scenarios in Greenland with us as the invaders. What the fuck is that?
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New Yorker, by Paul Karasik.
January 15, 2026 at 1:30 PM
New Yorker, by Paul Karasik.
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Make no mistake, Trump's "Fuck you" was to all of us.
January 14, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Make no mistake, Trump's "Fuck you" was to all of us.
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Important question to keep asking:
Why does Donald Trump care more about protesters in Iran than here in the US?
Why does Donald Trump care more about protesters in Iran than here in the US?
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Important question to keep asking:
Why does Donald Trump care more about protesters in Iran than here in the US?
Why does Donald Trump care more about protesters in Iran than here in the US?
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.