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We're at the "submit or die" part of the fascist takeover
From Heather Cox Richardson:
From Heather Cox Richardson:
January 11, 2026 at 3:37 PM
We're at the "submit or die" part of the fascist takeover
From Heather Cox Richardson:
From Heather Cox Richardson:
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I’ve spent my career studying how regimes justify the unjustifiable. So when a civilian driver is labeled a “domestic terrorist,” I know what that language is doing — building a permission structure for violence. Minneapolis isn’t just a tragedy. It’s a warning. I break it down in my new essay.
A Killing, a Cover‑Up, and the Country We’re Becoming
What we tolerate now will define us.
andrewweinstein.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:27 PM
I’ve spent my career studying how regimes justify the unjustifiable. So when a civilian driver is labeled a “domestic terrorist,” I know what that language is doing — building a permission structure for violence. Minneapolis isn’t just a tragedy. It’s a warning. I break it down in my new essay.
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Jan. 2026: DC-area pediatrician informs patients’ parents it will not follow new CDC guidance on vaccines as it was “not based on new scientific experience”
January 11, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Jan. 2026: DC-area pediatrician informs patients’ parents it will not follow new CDC guidance on vaccines as it was “not based on new scientific experience”
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How Can We Stop The GOP Death Merchants and Save Our Nation's Health?
The pro-death merchants of the Trump Administration have transformed their anti-vaxx conspiracies and lies into actual policy, threatening to kill our children and make diseases great again.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The pro-death merchants of the Trump Administration have transformed their anti-vaxx conspiracies and lies into actual policy, threatening to kill our children and make diseases great again.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
January 11, 2026 at 6:44 PM
How Can We Stop The GOP Death Merchants and Save Our Nation's Health?
The pro-death merchants of the Trump Administration have transformed their anti-vaxx conspiracies and lies into actual policy, threatening to kill our children and make diseases great again.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The pro-death merchants of the Trump Administration have transformed their anti-vaxx conspiracies and lies into actual policy, threatening to kill our children and make diseases great again.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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Is Donald melting?
That awkward moment when your past foreign policy faceplants in real time.
January 11, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Is Donald melting?
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OUR GOVERNMENT IS WARNING AMERICANS NOT TO GO TO VENEZUELA BECAUSE THEY RISK "WRONGFUL DETENTION, KIDNAPPING, AND ARBITRARY ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS." HOW THE FUCK IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM HOW ICE THUGS ARE GOING APE-SHIT RIGHT HERE? THANK YOU FOR READING MY LATEST ANGRY POST. LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/49xwlHh
January 11, 2026 at 7:07 PM
OUR GOVERNMENT IS WARNING AMERICANS NOT TO GO TO VENEZUELA BECAUSE THEY RISK "WRONGFUL DETENTION, KIDNAPPING, AND ARBITRARY ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS." HOW THE FUCK IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM HOW ICE THUGS ARE GOING APE-SHIT RIGHT HERE? THANK YOU FOR READING MY LATEST ANGRY POST. LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/49xwlHh
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Joint statement by 4 former officials in Democratic and Republican Administrations—including four NATO Ambassadors, 3 Assistant Secretaries of State for Europe, and 3 NSC Senior Directors.
Excellent opening in particular.
Excellent opening in particular.
America’s Strategic Alliance with Denmark and NATO
A statement by 14 former officials in Democratic and Republican Administrations—including four NATO Ambassadors, 3 Assistant Secretaries of State for Europe, and 3 NSC Senior Directors
newsletter.ivodaalder.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Joint statement by 4 former officials in Democratic and Republican Administrations—including four NATO Ambassadors, 3 Assistant Secretaries of State for Europe, and 3 NSC Senior Directors.
Excellent opening in particular.
Excellent opening in particular.
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At the end of Donald Trump’s first year back in office, roughly 300,000 fewer Americans worked for the government. Franklin Foer spoke with 50 federal employees who were either fired or forced out:
The Purged
Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.
bit.ly
January 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
At the end of Donald Trump’s first year back in office, roughly 300,000 fewer Americans worked for the government. Franklin Foer spoke with 50 federal employees who were either fired or forced out:
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👀 General Grynkewich on Arctic:
Chinese and Russian vessels are not studying seals or polar bears.
They are conducting bathymetric surveys and trying to figure out how they can counter NATO capabilities. This is not for peaceful purposes.
Chinese and Russian vessels are not studying seals or polar bears.
They are conducting bathymetric surveys and trying to figure out how they can counter NATO capabilities. This is not for peaceful purposes.
January 11, 2026 at 6:38 PM
👀 General Grynkewich on Arctic:
Chinese and Russian vessels are not studying seals or polar bears.
They are conducting bathymetric surveys and trying to figure out how they can counter NATO capabilities. This is not for peaceful purposes.
Chinese and Russian vessels are not studying seals or polar bears.
They are conducting bathymetric surveys and trying to figure out how they can counter NATO capabilities. This is not for peaceful purposes.
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If you are trying to convince a friend or relative who holds the extremely common view “there should be some sort of internal immigration enforcement” that ICE should be totally disbanded you should send them this paragraph describing ICE hiring and training!
January 11, 2026 at 7:29 PM
If you are trying to convince a friend or relative who holds the extremely common view “there should be some sort of internal immigration enforcement” that ICE should be totally disbanded you should send them this paragraph describing ICE hiring and training!
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If it's about the health of the patient, you should not only regret it, you should be pushing to remove RFK Jr. and all his henchpersons from HHS. They pose a serious danger to the health of *every patient* in this country.
FOX NEWS: Do you regret voting to confirm RFK Jr?
CASSIDY: I'd rather not make this personal. It should be about the health of the patient.
CASSIDY: I'd rather not make this personal. It should be about the health of the patient.
January 11, 2026 at 5:34 PM
If it's about the health of the patient, you should not only regret it, you should be pushing to remove RFK Jr. and all his henchpersons from HHS. They pose a serious danger to the health of *every patient* in this country.
The incompetence is so glaring. I’m every, single cabinet position.
here's today's post: "here’s what happens when a moron tries to steal another country’s oil" — shit goes sideways in Venezuela.
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here’s what happens when a moron tries to steal another country’s oil
shit goes sideways in Venezuela
bit.ly
January 11, 2026 at 8:32 PM
The incompetence is so glaring. I’m every, single cabinet position.
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here's today's post: "here’s what happens when a moron tries to steal another country’s oil" — shit goes sideways in Venezuela.
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thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
here’s what happens when a moron tries to steal another country’s oil
shit goes sideways in Venezuela
bit.ly
January 11, 2026 at 3:40 PM
here's today's post: "here’s what happens when a moron tries to steal another country’s oil" — shit goes sideways in Venezuela.
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Yup. It was ridiculous. In the same way the media showed Trump's empty podium for 3 hours, while Hillary Clinton gave an important union speech.
I don't want to hear a single person ask about what Kamala Harris is or isn't doing or saying, since y'all don't listen to her anyway.
I don't want to hear a single person ask about what Kamala Harris is or isn't doing or saying, since y'all don't listen to her anyway.
On The View on 10/8, Kamala Harris put forth a life-altering proposal to have Medicare cover the cost of in-home healthcare. It was collectively covered by ABC, CBS, & NBC evening & Sunday news programs for a total of 35 seconds from the 8th through October 22. www.mediamatters.org/broadcast-ne...
January 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Yup. It was ridiculous. In the same way the media showed Trump's empty podium for 3 hours, while Hillary Clinton gave an important union speech.
I don't want to hear a single person ask about what Kamala Harris is or isn't doing or saying, since y'all don't listen to her anyway.
I don't want to hear a single person ask about what Kamala Harris is or isn't doing or saying, since y'all don't listen to her anyway.
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Read this pastor's account of his confrontation with ICE. It's horrific, from their pointing a gun at him and demanding he tell them whether he's "afraid now," to their letting him go because he's white and "won't be any fun anyway."
The Minneapolis pastor had observed "ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic" and insisted they take him instead of harassing her. An agent then “came, got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, ‘Are you afraid now?’” trib.al/kv6rA7r
January 11, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Read this pastor's account of his confrontation with ICE. It's horrific, from their pointing a gun at him and demanding he tell them whether he's "afraid now," to their letting him go because he's white and "won't be any fun anyway."
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Maybe now is a good time to remind folks that Elissa Slotkin was one of the 7 Senate Democrats who voted to confirm Kristi Noem.
Once you remember that, the fact that she’s making excuses for ICE and equating them with law enforcement makes a lot more sense.
@slotkin.senate.gov
Once you remember that, the fact that she’s making excuses for ICE and equating them with law enforcement makes a lot more sense.
@slotkin.senate.gov
January 11, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Maybe now is a good time to remind folks that Elissa Slotkin was one of the 7 Senate Democrats who voted to confirm Kristi Noem.
Once you remember that, the fact that she’s making excuses for ICE and equating them with law enforcement makes a lot more sense.
@slotkin.senate.gov
Once you remember that, the fact that she’s making excuses for ICE and equating them with law enforcement makes a lot more sense.
@slotkin.senate.gov
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Dear World:
America is literally BORROWING the money we are using to terrorize the world.
STOP lending us the money. Dump the treasury bonds you have and stop buying new ones. Just STOP.
Our Congress is too pathetic to reign in the demented monster in the WH.
So please cut off his MONEY!
America is literally BORROWING the money we are using to terrorize the world.
STOP lending us the money. Dump the treasury bonds you have and stop buying new ones. Just STOP.
Our Congress is too pathetic to reign in the demented monster in the WH.
So please cut off his MONEY!
January 11, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Dear World:
America is literally BORROWING the money we are using to terrorize the world.
STOP lending us the money. Dump the treasury bonds you have and stop buying new ones. Just STOP.
Our Congress is too pathetic to reign in the demented monster in the WH.
So please cut off his MONEY!
America is literally BORROWING the money we are using to terrorize the world.
STOP lending us the money. Dump the treasury bonds you have and stop buying new ones. Just STOP.
Our Congress is too pathetic to reign in the demented monster in the WH.
So please cut off his MONEY!
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It’s hard to know if people outside MN understand how much of life is grinding to a halt here because of Trump’s occupation. Schools have shut down, businesses are scaling back hours or closing because their employees aren’t safe. The whole city is weighted down.
January 10, 2026 at 4:36 AM
It’s hard to know if people outside MN understand how much of life is grinding to a halt here because of Trump’s occupation. Schools have shut down, businesses are scaling back hours or closing because their employees aren’t safe. The whole city is weighted down.
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Agents carried out five large plastic crates, a computer tower and a stack of picture frames, then climbed back into unmarked trucks and formed a defensive formation around a black Jeep SUV that was driven out of the garage by someone in a full face mask, making it impossible to identify him.
'How much money are you making' growled one agent as he approached the Daily Mail reporting staff.
Another climbed out and took a close-up cell phone video of our photojournalist before the convoy drove away.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Another climbed out and took a close-up cell phone video of our photojournalist before the convoy drove away.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Feds in ski masks seen taking belongings from the ICE shooter's home
The Daily Mail witnessed armed federal agents swarming the empty home of ICE shooter Jonathan Ross to retrieve his belongings, with some agents confronting reporters on the scene.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Agents carried out five large plastic crates, a computer tower and a stack of picture frames, then climbed back into unmarked trucks and formed a defensive formation around a black Jeep SUV that was driven out of the garage by someone in a full face mask, making it impossible to identify him.
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Jonathan Ross is married to a Filipina immigrant.
'How much money are you making' growled one agent as he approached the Daily Mail reporting staff.
Another climbed out and took a close-up cell phone video of our photojournalist before the convoy drove away.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Another climbed out and took a close-up cell phone video of our photojournalist before the convoy drove away.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Feds in ski masks seen taking belongings from the ICE shooter's home
The Daily Mail witnessed armed federal agents swarming the empty home of ICE shooter Jonathan Ross to retrieve his belongings, with some agents confronting reporters on the scene.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Jonathan Ross is married to a Filipina immigrant.
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As I said a hundred times for the last nine years, I believe that Putin & Trump are allied.
This Greenland thing only reinforces that belief. Both of them want NATO dismantled. What better way to do it than invade Greenland & force NATO countries to take sides?
A NATO split would be a disaster.
This Greenland thing only reinforces that belief. Both of them want NATO dismantled. What better way to do it than invade Greenland & force NATO countries to take sides?
A NATO split would be a disaster.
Under Trump's National Security Strategy (the Donroe Doctrine), America will cede the most of the world to Russia and China. It is reducing itself from a global superpower to a regional power.
Trump always chickens out. Putin and Xi are laughing their asses off..
Shame!
Trump always chickens out. Putin and Xi are laughing their asses off..
Shame!
January 11, 2026 at 5:34 AM
As I said a hundred times for the last nine years, I believe that Putin & Trump are allied.
This Greenland thing only reinforces that belief. Both of them want NATO dismantled. What better way to do it than invade Greenland & force NATO countries to take sides?
A NATO split would be a disaster.
This Greenland thing only reinforces that belief. Both of them want NATO dismantled. What better way to do it than invade Greenland & force NATO countries to take sides?
A NATO split would be a disaster.
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Strongly suspect that Miller and the rest are in a rush because they can’t prop this lunatic but much longer and JD doesn’t have the juice.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Trump 'orders US army chiefs to draw up plan to invade Greenland'
Donald Trump has ordered his special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland - but is being resisted by senior military figures, The Mail on Sunday has learned.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Strongly suspect that Miller and the rest are in a rush because they can’t prop this lunatic but much longer and JD doesn’t have the juice.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump has reportedly ordered special forces to plan an invasion of Greenland, but the move is facing resistance from military leadership.
What is it going to take for Republicans to stop him?
I realize they’re inept, fearful, and unprincipled, but is there a line he can’t cross?
What is it going to take for Republicans to stop him?
I realize they’re inept, fearful, and unprincipled, but is there a line he can’t cross?
January 11, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Trump has reportedly ordered special forces to plan an invasion of Greenland, but the move is facing resistance from military leadership.
What is it going to take for Republicans to stop him?
I realize they’re inept, fearful, and unprincipled, but is there a line he can’t cross?
What is it going to take for Republicans to stop him?
I realize they’re inept, fearful, and unprincipled, but is there a line he can’t cross?
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Why can’t Dems actually act on anything! Walz with his Guard notice is a perfect example. Order them up immediately, sweep those Nazi fucks up, remove their gear and put them in a bus for Texas.
January 11, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Why can’t Dems actually act on anything! Walz with his Guard notice is a perfect example. Order them up immediately, sweep those Nazi fucks up, remove their gear and put them in a bus for Texas.