@madamedefarge07.bsky.social
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New video has emerged showing a physical clash between Alex Pretti and federal agents over a week before he was fatally shot by Customs and Border Protection agents. https://cnn.it/4reXvtG
January 29, 2026 at 12:50 AM
New video has emerged showing a physical clash between Alex Pretti and federal agents over a week before he was fatally shot by Customs and Border Protection agents. https://cnn.it/4reXvtG
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I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
Today, Luke Farrell (@lukef.bsky.social) explains how complex eligibility requirements have turned America’s safety net into a lucrative revenue stream for monopolistic private contractors.
The Means-Testing Industrial Complex
As Republicans tightened work requirements and eligibility rules for Medicaid and SNAP last year, Equifax’s CEO openly celebrated the profits to be made from administering this deprivation.
lpeproject.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
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One year ago:
"Democrats are seen as the Party of Betrayal. Republicans will screw you openly. Democrats pretend to have your back and then stab it. You should not vote GOP unless you enjoy being screwed, but voting for a Democrat feels like setting yourself up for the particular pain of betrayal."
"Democrats are seen as the Party of Betrayal. Republicans will screw you openly. Democrats pretend to have your back and then stab it. You should not vote GOP unless you enjoy being screwed, but voting for a Democrat feels like setting yourself up for the particular pain of betrayal."
I did a Q & A about what to expect in Trump Term Two on my newsletter. Read the questions and my answers here! sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/your-quest...
Questions Answered: Trump Term Two
My advice on surfing the blood-dimmed tide in the latest reader Q & A.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:41 PM
One year ago:
"Democrats are seen as the Party of Betrayal. Republicans will screw you openly. Democrats pretend to have your back and then stab it. You should not vote GOP unless you enjoy being screwed, but voting for a Democrat feels like setting yourself up for the particular pain of betrayal."
"Democrats are seen as the Party of Betrayal. Republicans will screw you openly. Democrats pretend to have your back and then stab it. You should not vote GOP unless you enjoy being screwed, but voting for a Democrat feels like setting yourself up for the particular pain of betrayal."
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More weapons is always their solution except for Democrats
Irony is dead: Ted Cruz Calls for U.S. to Arm Iranian Protesters ‘Right Now’ So They Have ‘The Ability to Fight Back’ www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
Ted Cruz Calls for U.S. to Arm Iranian Protesters ‘Right Now’ So They Have ‘The Ability to Fight Back’
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is calling for the United States to immediately arm protestors in Iran so they have the ability to "fight back" against the oppression of the Islamic Republic government.
www.mediaite.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:33 PM
More weapons is always their solution except for Democrats
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This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
January 28, 2026 at 3:12 AM
This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal immigration officers tried to enter Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis but were stopped, foreign minister says www.axios.com/2026/01/28/i...
January 28, 2026 at 12:59 AM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal immigration officers tried to enter Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis but were stopped, foreign minister says www.axios.com/2026/01/28/i...
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In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:
January 28, 2026 at 1:44 AM
In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:
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“The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Good @adamserwer.bsky.social.
Trump banded the morally depraved together, but they’re still badly outnumbered.
Good @adamserwer.bsky.social.
Trump banded the morally depraved together, but they’re still badly outnumbered.
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
www.theatlantic.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:29 AM
“The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Good @adamserwer.bsky.social.
Trump banded the morally depraved together, but they’re still badly outnumbered.
Good @adamserwer.bsky.social.
Trump banded the morally depraved together, but they’re still badly outnumbered.
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Stop comparing Trump to Hitler!
I mean, unless the comparisons are completely accurate, appropriate & fair.
You'll really want to read this one.
Please subscribe and share.
johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/stop-compa...
I mean, unless the comparisons are completely accurate, appropriate & fair.
You'll really want to read this one.
Please subscribe and share.
johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/stop-compa...
January 27, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Stop comparing Trump to Hitler!
I mean, unless the comparisons are completely accurate, appropriate & fair.
You'll really want to read this one.
Please subscribe and share.
johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/stop-compa...
I mean, unless the comparisons are completely accurate, appropriate & fair.
You'll really want to read this one.
Please subscribe and share.
johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/stop-compa...
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jesus christ.
"I'm gonna give Homan the benefit of the doubt"
"They should coordinate with local law enforcement, pick these people up in the middle of the night when they're not suspecting it"
Walz is capitulating to fascists and encouraging night raids. Genuinely disgusting. Why would anyone settle for this?
"They should coordinate with local law enforcement, pick these people up in the middle of the night when they're not suspecting it"
Walz is capitulating to fascists and encouraging night raids. Genuinely disgusting. Why would anyone settle for this?
January 28, 2026 at 12:51 AM
jesus christ.
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"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 27, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
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here's a video from this afternoon in Eden Prairie MN of ICE agents camping out as a bus stop.
Again, this is terrorism.
Again, this is terrorism.
January 27, 2026 at 9:40 PM
here's a video from this afternoon in Eden Prairie MN of ICE agents camping out as a bus stop.
Again, this is terrorism.
Again, this is terrorism.
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oh they are going to rip each other to shreds as it becomes clear that the country has decisively turned against them
Genuinely interesting. Kristi Noem is snitching that Stephen Miller is the one who made up the bullshit about Alex Pretti.
It would be genuinely useful if Congress can get her to admit that he has been dictating ALL OF THIS just like he dictated the murderboats.
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
It would be genuinely useful if Congress can get her to admit that he has been dictating ALL OF THIS just like he dictated the murderboats.
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
January 27, 2026 at 9:27 PM
oh they are going to rip each other to shreds as it becomes clear that the country has decisively turned against them
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President Trump is again insisting Alex Pretti shouldn’t have been armed with a handgun when he was killed by federal immigration agents in Minnesota, remarks that could further inflame tensions with gun rights advocates.
Trump: Pretti ‘shouldn’t have been carrying a gun’
The president’s remarks could further inflame tensions with gun rights advocates.
www.politico.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:01 PM
President Trump is again insisting Alex Pretti shouldn’t have been armed with a handgun when he was killed by federal immigration agents in Minnesota, remarks that could further inflame tensions with gun rights advocates.
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Trump throws Bovino under the bus - and again says he feels bad about Renee Good only because her dad is a Trump supporter
January 27, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Trump throws Bovino under the bus - and again says he feels bad about Renee Good only because her dad is a Trump supporter
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Ouch. I’ve dealt with Tricia going back to her days on the Vivek campaign, and this is not what she normally sounds like. She sounds nervous.
Her initial statement on the Renee Good killing is also something she has not been held accountable for, but I don’t think she expected this to happen on Fox
Her initial statement on the Renee Good killing is also something she has not been held accountable for, but I don’t think she expected this to happen on Fox
FOX NEWS: Are you standing by calling Pretti a domestic terrorist?
McLAUGHLIN: Well, we'll let this investigation ...
FOX NEWS: Ok. So I guess it stands.
McLAUGHLIN: Well, we'll let this investigation ...
FOX NEWS: Ok. So I guess it stands.
January 27, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Ouch. I’ve dealt with Tricia going back to her days on the Vivek campaign, and this is not what she normally sounds like. She sounds nervous.
Her initial statement on the Renee Good killing is also something she has not been held accountable for, but I don’t think she expected this to happen on Fox
Her initial statement on the Renee Good killing is also something she has not been held accountable for, but I don’t think she expected this to happen on Fox
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here's the link for anyone who had a hard time finding it in the text: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · No Kings
On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in...
www.mobilize.us
January 26, 2026 at 10:46 PM
here's the link for anyone who had a hard time finding it in the text: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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even this fucking worm is getting it, which shows how much the fucking brownshirts fucked up
Sean Spicer: I'm a huge defender of the Second Amendment. To say that if you show up somewhere armed, you're somehow vulnerable to getting attacked is absolutely antithetical to everything that conservatives have stood for for decades.
January 26, 2026 at 10:55 PM
even this fucking worm is getting it, which shows how much the fucking brownshirts fucked up
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I've researched hegemonic masculinity quite a lot, and I'm of two minds on this.
On one hand, yes, Pretti was man who helped and protected others, and so earned respect. The man-o-sphere folks should hear this.
On the other hand, these are not really "manly" virtues; they are human virtues.
On one hand, yes, Pretti was man who helped and protected others, and so earned respect. The man-o-sphere folks should hear this.
On the other hand, these are not really "manly" virtues; they are human virtues.
January 26, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I've researched hegemonic masculinity quite a lot, and I'm of two minds on this.
On one hand, yes, Pretti was man who helped and protected others, and so earned respect. The man-o-sphere folks should hear this.
On the other hand, these are not really "manly" virtues; they are human virtues.
On one hand, yes, Pretti was man who helped and protected others, and so earned respect. The man-o-sphere folks should hear this.
On the other hand, these are not really "manly" virtues; they are human virtues.
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That said, the first step toward defusing the hegemonic masculinity that underlies the right is to offer an alternative. They want respect, but seem to think they deserve it by virtue of their gender. It's a tempting story for adolescents especially. Showing them how to get respect honestly is vital
January 26, 2026 at 6:37 PM
That said, the first step toward defusing the hegemonic masculinity that underlies the right is to offer an alternative. They want respect, but seem to think they deserve it by virtue of their gender. It's a tempting story for adolescents especially. Showing them how to get respect honestly is vital
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I have always made a careful distinction between toxic masculinity and masculinity per se. The masculine virtues -- self-sacrifice, service, embracing calm instead of panic -- are all good and should be supported. (N.b., "masculine" values are not just for men, any more than feminine ones aren't.)
I think liberals ought to reengage this discourse. We dismissed manhood and masculinity as phony things unworthy of serious, positive discussion, and left it on the table for the chodes and assholes among us. Alex Pretti was what a good man should be. We should say so.
January 26, 2026 at 7:58 PM
I have always made a careful distinction between toxic masculinity and masculinity per se. The masculine virtues -- self-sacrifice, service, embracing calm instead of panic -- are all good and should be supported. (N.b., "masculine" values are not just for men, any more than feminine ones aren't.)
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Wow — retired Army general and former commander of 🇺🇸 Special Operations Command Tony Thomas replies to Miller & Hegseth with the execution freeze frame
January 26, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Wow — retired Army general and former commander of 🇺🇸 Special Operations Command Tony Thomas replies to Miller & Hegseth with the execution freeze frame
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Kanew: “One clapped. Another said it was like playing a video game. The way they are brazenly lying about Alex Pretti shows how full of 💩 they were about Renee Good. We are far off the cliff here, folks… Shame on anyone who tells you not to believe your own eyes.”
January 26, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Kanew: “One clapped. Another said it was like playing a video game. The way they are brazenly lying about Alex Pretti shows how full of 💩 they were about Renee Good. We are far off the cliff here, folks… Shame on anyone who tells you not to believe your own eyes.”
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This is what I'm talking about. They don't recognize what they're looking at because fundamentally they reject the concept of social fabric. Morality is keeping yourself safe, your neighbors are not your concern.
Megyn Kelly: “Do you know why I wasn't shot by Border Patrol this weekend? Because I kept my ass inside and out of their operations.”
Megyn Kelly: Minnesota protesters are “terrorists” who must “behave well and submit immediately”
www.mediamatters.org
January 26, 2026 at 8:42 PM
This is what I'm talking about. They don't recognize what they're looking at because fundamentally they reject the concept of social fabric. Morality is keeping yourself safe, your neighbors are not your concern.