Esther
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Even his inaugural address told the story. Instead of unity or stewardship, it framed the country as broken and hostile, with himself as the sole redeemer. That’s not how democratic leadership speaks — it’s how demagogues do.
Donald Trump has never shown the American people respect whether it be in 2011 when he first publicly went birther, or in 2015 when he came down the escalator or his American carnage inaugural speech or countless examples before and since, of course culminating in his attack on our democracy on J6
January 16, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Even his inaugural address told the story. Instead of unity or stewardship, it framed the country as broken and hostile, with himself as the sole redeemer. That’s not how democratic leadership speaks — it’s how demagogues do.
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Donald Trump has never shown the American people respect whether it be in 2011 when he first publicly went birther, or in 2015 when he came down the escalator or his American carnage inaugural speech or countless examples before and since, of course culminating in his attack on our democracy on J6
January 15, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Donald Trump has never shown the American people respect whether it be in 2011 when he first publicly went birther, or in 2015 when he came down the escalator or his American carnage inaugural speech or countless examples before and since, of course culminating in his attack on our democracy on J6
Honestly, that just sounds like your body saying “thanks, but that wasn’t enough.” A piece of chicken and broccoli is fine, but it’s not surprising you’re still hungry — especially if it’s been a long day or you needed something more filling.
I just had a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, and a tortilla for dinner, and I'm still hungry.
January 16, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Honestly, that just sounds like your body saying “thanks, but that wasn’t enough.” A piece of chicken and broccoli is fine, but it’s not surprising you’re still hungry — especially if it’s been a long day or you needed something more filling.
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I just had a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, and a tortilla for dinner, and I'm still hungry.
January 15, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I just had a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, and a tortilla for dinner, and I'm still hungry.
The Insurrection Act has been used a couple dozen times since the early 1800s, but almost always with state consent or in response to clear insurrections. Using it against protests tied to immigration enforcement is unprecedented in modern U.S.
And there it is. All your fault, Minnesota, that there will be no midterm elections....
January 16, 2026 at 9:23 AM
The Insurrection Act has been used a couple dozen times since the early 1800s, but almost always with state consent or in response to clear insurrections. Using it against protests tied to immigration enforcement is unprecedented in modern U.S.
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And there it is. All your fault, Minnesota, that there will be no midterm elections....
January 15, 2026 at 2:13 PM
And there it is. All your fault, Minnesota, that there will be no midterm elections....
This cuts directly against the idea of federalism. States are not subsidiaries of the president, and disagreement is not insubordination. Once punishment becomes a legitimate response to dissent, the entire constitutional balance collapses.
Ten years ago the idea that a president would punish a state...actually physically punish a state for not voting for him and having a governor who disagrees with him would have been unthinkable.
So would 30% of the population enthusiastically supporting it.
So would 30% of the population enthusiastically supporting it.
January 16, 2026 at 4:04 AM
This cuts directly against the idea of federalism. States are not subsidiaries of the president, and disagreement is not insubordination. Once punishment becomes a legitimate response to dissent, the entire constitutional balance collapses.
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Ten years ago the idea that a president would punish a state...actually physically punish a state for not voting for him and having a governor who disagrees with him would have been unthinkable.
So would 30% of the population enthusiastically supporting it.
So would 30% of the population enthusiastically supporting it.
January 14, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Ten years ago the idea that a president would punish a state...actually physically punish a state for not voting for him and having a governor who disagrees with him would have been unthinkable.
So would 30% of the population enthusiastically supporting it.
So would 30% of the population enthusiastically supporting it.
Leaving people without heat doesn’t just cause discomfort — it creates real danger. When tenants resort to space heaters and improvised solutions, the risk of fires skyrockets. Preventable housing neglect becomes a public safety issue, and the consequences are deadly.
Across New York, some renters — especially those in the city’s poorest neighborhoods – are frequently left without heat or hot water during the winter, leading them to bundle up in layers of clothing or risk fires by using space heaters. trib.al/so6w76W
January 16, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Leaving people without heat doesn’t just cause discomfort — it creates real danger. When tenants resort to space heaters and improvised solutions, the risk of fires skyrockets. Preventable housing neglect becomes a public safety issue, and the consequences are deadly.
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Across New York, some renters — especially those in the city’s poorest neighborhoods – are frequently left without heat or hot water during the winter, leading them to bundle up in layers of clothing or risk fires by using space heaters. trib.al/so6w76W
January 14, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Across New York, some renters — especially those in the city’s poorest neighborhoods – are frequently left without heat or hot water during the winter, leading them to bundle up in layers of clothing or risk fires by using space heaters. trib.al/so6w76W
The Nobel Committee has survived controversy before, but this crosses into something uglier: the active repurposing of a peace prize to legitimize brutality. History will not be confused about who disgraced whom here.
Nothing says pathetic fragile crook quite like orange felon accepting someone else’s Nobel Peace Prize and nothing says disgraceful fraud quite like Machado gifting her Nobel Peace Prize to a murderous tyrant like him for power. I hope the Nobel Committee strips it from her.
January 16, 2026 at 4:01 AM
The Nobel Committee has survived controversy before, but this crosses into something uglier: the active repurposing of a peace prize to legitimize brutality. History will not be confused about who disgraced whom here.
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Nothing says pathetic fragile crook quite like orange felon accepting someone else’s Nobel Peace Prize and nothing says disgraceful fraud quite like Machado gifting her Nobel Peace Prize to a murderous tyrant like him for power. I hope the Nobel Committee strips it from her.
January 16, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Nothing says pathetic fragile crook quite like orange felon accepting someone else’s Nobel Peace Prize and nothing says disgraceful fraud quite like Machado gifting her Nobel Peace Prize to a murderous tyrant like him for power. I hope the Nobel Committee strips it from her.
The reason this moment feels so intense is that multiple unresolved incidents — including shootings and aggressive tactics — have eroded trust. When people feel enforcement is arbitrary or militarized, the social fabric frays.
ICE’s aggressive and dangerous tactics do nothing to make our communities safer. Due process is not delivered with aggression and violence.
I’m fighting to stop ICE from terrorizing our communities.
I’m fighting to stop ICE from terrorizing our communities.
January 16, 2026 at 3:59 AM
The reason this moment feels so intense is that multiple unresolved incidents — including shootings and aggressive tactics — have eroded trust. When people feel enforcement is arbitrary or militarized, the social fabric frays.
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ICE’s aggressive and dangerous tactics do nothing to make our communities safer. Due process is not delivered with aggression and violence.
I’m fighting to stop ICE from terrorizing our communities.
I’m fighting to stop ICE from terrorizing our communities.
January 15, 2026 at 7:27 PM
ICE’s aggressive and dangerous tactics do nothing to make our communities safer. Due process is not delivered with aggression and violence.
I’m fighting to stop ICE from terrorizing our communities.
I’m fighting to stop ICE from terrorizing our communities.
We’ve seen this play out repeatedly: public outrage, promises of reform, a renamed program or new oversight office, and then an even larger budget the next year. The institution survives, adapts, and expands. That’s not reform failing accidentally — it’s reform functioning as designed.
The centrist plan on ICE would backfire spectacularly. Dont say, "abolish ICE, say reform ICE" will lead to money being given to ICE for them to spend at their discretion. Giving people money, even scornfully, is not punishment.
January 16, 2026 at 3:58 AM
We’ve seen this play out repeatedly: public outrage, promises of reform, a renamed program or new oversight office, and then an even larger budget the next year. The institution survives, adapts, and expands. That’s not reform failing accidentally — it’s reform functioning as designed.
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The centrist plan on ICE would backfire spectacularly. Dont say, "abolish ICE, say reform ICE" will lead to money being given to ICE for them to spend at their discretion. Giving people money, even scornfully, is not punishment.
January 15, 2026 at 1:32 AM
The centrist plan on ICE would backfire spectacularly. Dont say, "abolish ICE, say reform ICE" will lead to money being given to ICE for them to spend at their discretion. Giving people money, even scornfully, is not punishment.
History isn’t kind to institutions that normalize abuses in the name of stability. We’ve seen this pattern before: outrage, hearings, stern letters — and then the money keeps flowing. That’s how democracies hollow out while insisting they’re still functioning.
imagine voting to fund the government after all this.
treason.
treason.
January 16, 2026 at 3:57 AM
History isn’t kind to institutions that normalize abuses in the name of stability. We’ve seen this pattern before: outrage, hearings, stern letters — and then the money keeps flowing. That’s how democracies hollow out while insisting they’re still functioning.
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imagine voting to fund the government after all this.
treason.
treason.
January 15, 2026 at 2:44 PM
imagine voting to fund the government after all this.
treason.
treason.
The backlash isn’t just about one incident — it’s about a pattern of aggressive federal actions, including controversial crowd control tactics, stops in sensitive places like hospitals and schools, and fatal shootings that have eroded trust and spurred official opposition from elected leaders.
ICE agents terrified of the pushback, as their families, and friends turn against them. As a result, DHS is having trouble getting volunteers to attack innocent citizens.
January 16, 2026 at 3:55 AM
The backlash isn’t just about one incident — it’s about a pattern of aggressive federal actions, including controversial crowd control tactics, stops in sensitive places like hospitals and schools, and fatal shootings that have eroded trust and spurred official opposition from elected leaders.
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ICE agents terrified of the pushback, as their families, and friends turn against them. As a result, DHS is having trouble getting volunteers to attack innocent citizens.
January 14, 2026 at 9:47 PM
ICE agents terrified of the pushback, as their families, and friends turn against them. As a result, DHS is having trouble getting volunteers to attack innocent citizens.
The fact that an internal review may classify this death as a homicide — and that a fellow detainee described seeing guards choke this man — highlights a glaring lack of accountability in immigration detention. Regardless of someone’s past, no one should die in custody because of excessive force.
BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:53 AM
The fact that an internal review may classify this death as a homicide — and that a fellow detainee described seeing guards choke this man — highlights a glaring lack of accountability in immigration detention. Regardless of someone’s past, no one should die in custody because of excessive force.
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BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:09 PM
BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
No one is saying federal agents should be above the law — but the way the system handles these cases makes it look that way. What’s needed is clear, independent oversight, transparent investigation, and accountability that doesn’t depend on hometown politics or political pressure.
if any of us were randomly shooting up neighborhoods, esp if black, theyd arrest us. but somehow this argument that its not so easy to arrest ice agents keeps circulating.
January 16, 2026 at 3:52 AM
No one is saying federal agents should be above the law — but the way the system handles these cases makes it look that way. What’s needed is clear, independent oversight, transparent investigation, and accountability that doesn’t depend on hometown politics or political pressure.
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if any of us were randomly shooting up neighborhoods, esp if black, theyd arrest us. but somehow this argument that its not so easy to arrest ice agents keeps circulating.
January 15, 2026 at 3:02 PM
if any of us were randomly shooting up neighborhoods, esp if black, theyd arrest us. but somehow this argument that its not so easy to arrest ice agents keeps circulating.
The irony is that newer transfers often move further away from the original theatrical experience. Between aggressive DNR, teal-and-orange regrades, and AI upscaling artifacts, the “remaster” can end up erasing texture and intent rather than preserving it.
The worst part of buying physical copies of movies is having to do research for movies with multiple releases.
It shouldn't be too hard but they often like to make later releases worse than what came before.
It shouldn't be too hard but they often like to make later releases worse than what came before.
January 16, 2026 at 3:51 AM
The irony is that newer transfers often move further away from the original theatrical experience. Between aggressive DNR, teal-and-orange regrades, and AI upscaling artifacts, the “remaster” can end up erasing texture and intent rather than preserving it.