Midwest Mole
@midwestmole.bsky.social
Tired Leaky Brain's alter ego
Most chastised.
Generally accepting, always asking, sociopath hunter.
Most chastised.
Generally accepting, always asking, sociopath hunter.
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Germany has declared war on Russia. Swimming in the afternoon.
—Franz Kafka’s diary, August 2, 1914
Feeling this in Mpls: Teaching poems to H.S. students in the afternoon, delivering food to housebound immigrants in the evening, then coming home to watch “The Office” before bedtime. Surreal.
—Franz Kafka’s diary, August 2, 1914
Feeling this in Mpls: Teaching poems to H.S. students in the afternoon, delivering food to housebound immigrants in the evening, then coming home to watch “The Office” before bedtime. Surreal.
January 29, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Germany has declared war on Russia. Swimming in the afternoon.
—Franz Kafka’s diary, August 2, 1914
Feeling this in Mpls: Teaching poems to H.S. students in the afternoon, delivering food to housebound immigrants in the evening, then coming home to watch “The Office” before bedtime. Surreal.
—Franz Kafka’s diary, August 2, 1914
Feeling this in Mpls: Teaching poems to H.S. students in the afternoon, delivering food to housebound immigrants in the evening, then coming home to watch “The Office” before bedtime. Surreal.
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Thank you, Jesse 💙
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January 29, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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🙄Amazon is GENEROUSLY offering the 16k workers they’re laying off 90 days to find an alternate internal role before receiving their layoff package.
🤔 We can guess how that’ll turn out
With their 14k layoffs in Oct., in 3 months, Amazon has thrown 30K workers into the job loss pool
🤔 We can guess how that’ll turn out
With their 14k layoffs in Oct., in 3 months, Amazon has thrown 30K workers into the job loss pool
Amazon cuts 16,000 jobs in the latest round of layoffs
Amazon is announcing about 16,000 job cuts in the latest round of tech industry layoffs. Beth Galetti, a senior vice president at the company, shared the news in a blog post on Wednesday.
apnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:35 AM
🙄Amazon is GENEROUSLY offering the 16k workers they’re laying off 90 days to find an alternate internal role before receiving their layoff package.
🤔 We can guess how that’ll turn out
With their 14k layoffs in Oct., in 3 months, Amazon has thrown 30K workers into the job loss pool
🤔 We can guess how that’ll turn out
With their 14k layoffs in Oct., in 3 months, Amazon has thrown 30K workers into the job loss pool
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In 2025 Trump claimed Iran’s nuclear sites were "completely and totally obliterated".
January 28, 2026 at 2:04 PM
In 2025 Trump claimed Iran’s nuclear sites were "completely and totally obliterated".
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Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today:
Active Voting Rights Cases: 164
Active Redistricting Cases: 46
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 87
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 73
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 25
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Active Voting Rights Cases: 164
Active Redistricting Cases: 46
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 87
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 73
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 25
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January 28, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today:
Active Voting Rights Cases: 164
Active Redistricting Cases: 46
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 87
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 73
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 25
Stay informed. Subscribe today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
Active Voting Rights Cases: 164
Active Redistricting Cases: 46
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 87
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 73
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 25
Stay informed. Subscribe today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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Here are Trump’s ICE Nazis throwing an elderly woman to the ground. It’s shameful and un-American.
Call your senators - 202-224-3121 ☎️
NO MORE FUNDING FOR ICE ‼️
Call your senators - 202-224-3121 ☎️
NO MORE FUNDING FOR ICE ‼️
January 28, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Here are Trump’s ICE Nazis throwing an elderly woman to the ground. It’s shameful and un-American.
Call your senators - 202-224-3121 ☎️
NO MORE FUNDING FOR ICE ‼️
Call your senators - 202-224-3121 ☎️
NO MORE FUNDING FOR ICE ‼️
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ICE doesn’t de-escalate, it escalates, then runs.
🚨ICE agent pepper-sprays woman after shoving her. Totally unnecessary. Santa Barbara police and paramedics showed up to clean up the mess. ICE already fled the scene.
🚨ICE agent pepper-sprays woman after shoving her. Totally unnecessary. Santa Barbara police and paramedics showed up to clean up the mess. ICE already fled the scene.
January 29, 2026 at 12:23 AM
ICE doesn’t de-escalate, it escalates, then runs.
🚨ICE agent pepper-sprays woman after shoving her. Totally unnecessary. Santa Barbara police and paramedics showed up to clean up the mess. ICE already fled the scene.
🚨ICE agent pepper-sprays woman after shoving her. Totally unnecessary. Santa Barbara police and paramedics showed up to clean up the mess. ICE already fled the scene.
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We’re out here getting shot and killed by Trump’s Temu Mall Cop Gestapo.
All we ask of Democrats is a little BACKBONE.
Hold the line and vote NO on the DHS funding bill tomorrow.
@SenSchumer, we’re watching you.👀#NoMoneyForMurderers
📞 202-224-3121
All we ask of Democrats is a little BACKBONE.
Hold the line and vote NO on the DHS funding bill tomorrow.
@SenSchumer, we’re watching you.👀#NoMoneyForMurderers
📞 202-224-3121
January 28, 2026 at 8:11 PM
We’re out here getting shot and killed by Trump’s Temu Mall Cop Gestapo.
All we ask of Democrats is a little BACKBONE.
Hold the line and vote NO on the DHS funding bill tomorrow.
@SenSchumer, we’re watching you.👀#NoMoneyForMurderers
📞 202-224-3121
All we ask of Democrats is a little BACKBONE.
Hold the line and vote NO on the DHS funding bill tomorrow.
@SenSchumer, we’re watching you.👀#NoMoneyForMurderers
📞 202-224-3121
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You have the right to ask to see the warrant
📌You have the right to refuse entry without a judicial warrant
📌You have the right to remain silent
Door-to-door enforcement without judicial oversight is not “law and order.”
#NoWarrantNoICE
📌You have the right to refuse entry without a judicial warrant
📌You have the right to remain silent
Door-to-door enforcement without judicial oversight is not “law and order.”
#NoWarrantNoICE
January 28, 2026 at 9:20 PM
You have the right to ask to see the warrant
📌You have the right to refuse entry without a judicial warrant
📌You have the right to remain silent
Door-to-door enforcement without judicial oversight is not “law and order.”
#NoWarrantNoICE
📌You have the right to refuse entry without a judicial warrant
📌You have the right to remain silent
Door-to-door enforcement without judicial oversight is not “law and order.”
#NoWarrantNoICE
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#NoWarrantNoICE
We should be clawing back some of that money from before. Not giving them more. Hear me out‼️
NEW: $64B for DHS, about $10B for ICE
2025: A multi-year boost $170B for border enforcement, about $75B of that for ICE.
No Dem should have their name on a new ICE funding bill.
We should be clawing back some of that money from before. Not giving them more. Hear me out‼️
NEW: $64B for DHS, about $10B for ICE
2025: A multi-year boost $170B for border enforcement, about $75B of that for ICE.
No Dem should have their name on a new ICE funding bill.
January 28, 2026 at 10:45 PM
#NoWarrantNoICE
We should be clawing back some of that money from before. Not giving them more. Hear me out‼️
NEW: $64B for DHS, about $10B for ICE
2025: A multi-year boost $170B for border enforcement, about $75B of that for ICE.
No Dem should have their name on a new ICE funding bill.
We should be clawing back some of that money from before. Not giving them more. Hear me out‼️
NEW: $64B for DHS, about $10B for ICE
2025: A multi-year boost $170B for border enforcement, about $75B of that for ICE.
No Dem should have their name on a new ICE funding bill.
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ANDREW SCHULZ (who helped Trump win): “ICE murdered a citizen and they called him a domestic terrorist— I see them trying to spin it, it’s fucking disgusting… only 5% of who they deport are violent criminals. Shut the f*ck up about deporting pedophiles when you won’t even release the Epstein files.”
January 28, 2026 at 10:50 PM
ANDREW SCHULZ (who helped Trump win): “ICE murdered a citizen and they called him a domestic terrorist— I see them trying to spin it, it’s fucking disgusting… only 5% of who they deport are violent criminals. Shut the f*ck up about deporting pedophiles when you won’t even release the Epstein files.”
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#NoWarrantNoICE
Tell your Senators to Block ICE now!
Call them at 202-224-3121 or use this Resistbot link:
resist.bot/petitions/PU...
Tell your Senators to Block ICE now!
Call them at 202-224-3121 or use this Resistbot link:
resist.bot/petitions/PU...
January 28, 2026 at 11:01 PM
#NoWarrantNoICE
Tell your Senators to Block ICE now!
Call them at 202-224-3121 or use this Resistbot link:
resist.bot/petitions/PU...
Tell your Senators to Block ICE now!
Call them at 202-224-3121 or use this Resistbot link:
resist.bot/petitions/PU...
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In a threatening and odd fundraising email for President Donald Trump, MAGA donors were warned that anyone who doesn't respond to a survey validating they are American citizens would be tracked down by ICE.
Bizarre Trump fundraising email threatens MAGA donors: 'ICE will hunt you down'
In a threatening and odd fundraising email for President Donald Trump, MAGA donors were warned that anyone who doesn't respond to a survey validating they are American citizens would be tracked down by ICE. The request for money — and threat — was sent by the Never Surrender, Inc PAC this week and h...
bit.ly
January 29, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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The man accused of squirting an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis has a criminal history and has made online posts supportive of President Donald Trump. https://to.pbs.org/49Wyr3G
What we're learning about the man arrested in the attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar
Anthony Kazmierczak hadn't been formally charged or scheduled for an initial court appearance as of Wednesday morning.
www.pbs.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The man accused of squirting an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis has a criminal history and has made online posts supportive of President Donald Trump. https://to.pbs.org/49Wyr3G
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Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor. www.wired.com/story/data-c...
Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom
Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.
www.wired.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor. www.wired.com/story/data-c...
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📽️NEW: Trump is using the tragedies in Minneapolis to leverage access to Minnesota’s voter rolls.
Marc Elias exposes why the DOJ is targeting voter data nationwide ahead of the 2026 midterms, and how election denialism is driving violence, intimidation and democratic backsliding👇
Marc Elias exposes why the DOJ is targeting voter data nationwide ahead of the 2026 midterms, and how election denialism is driving violence, intimidation and democratic backsliding👇
How Trump Is Using Minneapolis to Rig the 2026 Election
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:05 AM
📽️NEW: Trump is using the tragedies in Minneapolis to leverage access to Minnesota’s voter rolls.
Marc Elias exposes why the DOJ is targeting voter data nationwide ahead of the 2026 midterms, and how election denialism is driving violence, intimidation and democratic backsliding👇
Marc Elias exposes why the DOJ is targeting voter data nationwide ahead of the 2026 midterms, and how election denialism is driving violence, intimidation and democratic backsliding👇
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The warnings highlight just how bad of an operational security screwup Flock's info sharing design was. It also shows how cops see themselves as being consistently under threat from the people it is supposed to protect. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports.
www.404media.co/police-told-...
www.404media.co/police-told-...
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 PM
The warnings highlight just how bad of an operational security screwup Flock's info sharing design was. It also shows how cops see themselves as being consistently under threat from the people it is supposed to protect. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports.
www.404media.co/police-told-...
www.404media.co/police-told-...
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🚨 #GVerse #BreakingNews: Jacksonville, Florida, tonight.
A march has arrived at the United States Courthouse.
From Minnesota to Florida, the message is the same:
People are showing up, and they’re not backing down.
ABOLISH ICE 🔥
#ICEdOut #BlueToTheCore #TogetherWeRise
A march has arrived at the United States Courthouse.
From Minnesota to Florida, the message is the same:
People are showing up, and they’re not backing down.
ABOLISH ICE 🔥
#ICEdOut #BlueToTheCore #TogetherWeRise
January 28, 2026 at 4:55 AM
🚨 #GVerse #BreakingNews: Jacksonville, Florida, tonight.
A march has arrived at the United States Courthouse.
From Minnesota to Florida, the message is the same:
People are showing up, and they’re not backing down.
ABOLISH ICE 🔥
#ICEdOut #BlueToTheCore #TogetherWeRise
A march has arrived at the United States Courthouse.
From Minnesota to Florida, the message is the same:
People are showing up, and they’re not backing down.
ABOLISH ICE 🔥
#ICEdOut #BlueToTheCore #TogetherWeRise
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So...... this seems real bad.
The FBI executed a sealed search warrant today on a key Atlanta area election office - and wouldn't say what that warrant was for.
"A source told FOX the FBI was there to take custody of Fulton County election ballots from 2020."
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/fbi-exe...
The FBI executed a sealed search warrant today on a key Atlanta area election office - and wouldn't say what that warrant was for.
"A source told FOX the FBI was there to take custody of Fulton County election ballots from 2020."
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/fbi-exe...
FBI executing sealed search warrant at Fulton County election facility
Federal agents carried out a law enforcement action Wednesday at a Fulton County election facility located in Fairburn.
www.fox5atlanta.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:22 PM
So...... this seems real bad.
The FBI executed a sealed search warrant today on a key Atlanta area election office - and wouldn't say what that warrant was for.
"A source told FOX the FBI was there to take custody of Fulton County election ballots from 2020."
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/fbi-exe...
The FBI executed a sealed search warrant today on a key Atlanta area election office - and wouldn't say what that warrant was for.
"A source told FOX the FBI was there to take custody of Fulton County election ballots from 2020."
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/fbi-exe...
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✈️💥 UPDATE: While performing a combat mission in the Kursk region at around 15:30, a Su-34 from a temporary deployment base in the Saratov region crashed due to a technical malfunction. The crew was killed, - AviVector
January 28, 2026 at 8:21 PM
✈️💥 UPDATE: While performing a combat mission in the Kursk region at around 15:30, a Su-34 from a temporary deployment base in the Saratov region crashed due to a technical malfunction. The crew was killed, - AviVector
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Forty years ago today (Jan 28 2026), the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger 51L slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God. Francis R. (Dick) Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka, Judith A. Resnik, Gregory Jarvis and Christa McAuliffe.
January 28, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Forty years ago today (Jan 28 2026), the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger 51L slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God. Francis R. (Dick) Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka, Judith A. Resnik, Gregory Jarvis and Christa McAuliffe.
I'm surprised they aren't ordering employees...
Melania is set to be the biggest flop of 2026 as hundreds of theaters report 0 tickets being sold for the movie.
January 29, 2026 at 12:01 AM
I'm surprised they aren't ordering employees...
Not even her kids?
Melania is set to be the biggest flop of 2026 as hundreds of theaters report 0 tickets being sold for the movie.
January 29, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Not even her kids?