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Iran’s government would like the world to know that everything is under control, except for the part where it has reportedly killed anywhere from hundreds to several thousand of its own citizens, stac...

January 14, 2026 at 10:12 PM

Otto

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ICE is big sad because everyone hates their guts. boo fucking hoo.

let’s all enjoy Greg Bovino getting his fascist ass heckled

January 14, 2026 at 10:00 PM

Otto

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Preznit Fuckwit gives America the finger

and a tiny little finger, at that.

substack.com/@boblewis1/n...

January 14, 2026 at 9:12 PM

Otto

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Bob Lewis (@boblewis1)

Make this asshole infamous. I don’t want him to be able to buy a soda without being hassled.

substack.com

January 14, 2026 at 7:33 PM

Otto

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UNICEF: Over 100 children killed in Gaza since “ceasefire”; Mass funeral in Iran; ICE arrests dozens of refugees in Minnesota

Drop Site Daily: January 14, 2026

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January 14, 2026 at 5:33 PM

Otto

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ICE Is Beyond Reform

The incendiary combination of agents committing unprovoked violence with impunity and the Trump regime's claiming they have "absolute immunity" puts ICE beyond the pale

January 14, 2026 at 5:16 PM

Otto

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🚗“Manufactured Pretext” Edition

According to long-standing Border Patrol policy, agents are trained not to turn themselves into hood ornaments and then claim self-defense.

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January 14, 2026 at 3:23 PM

Otto

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Border Patrol VIOLENTLY INVADES Gas Station and Attacks U.S. Citizens

"My body is really sore,” U.S. citizen Lalo Rios Meza tells Status Coup after BP agents assaulted and abducted him for...recording them abducting another driver. He was detained for 6-7 hours.

January 12, 2026 at 7:15 PM

Otto

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‼️“ICE Doubling Down” Edition

In the wake of a fatal ICE shooting, the Trump administration announced it will send “hundreds more” federal agents to Minneapolis, a classic show of restraint in which the answer to public outrage ov...

www.threads.com/@alex.nick.j...

January 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM

Otto

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Alex Nick (@alex.nick.jungle) on Threads

ICE getting slammed by school director in Minneapolis

www.threads.com

January 12, 2026 at 6:54 PM

Otto

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here’s what happens when a moron tries to steal another country’s oil

shit goes sideways in Venezuela

open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

January 11, 2026 at 4:48 PM

Otto

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This Week in Democracy – Weeks 50 & 51: Fascism at Home, Imperialism Abroad

Two weeks of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term.

January 10, 2026 at 9:07 PM

Otto

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this week in stupid: January 10 edition

Handy Oakley fucks it up, Donny Convict mucks it up, and so much more...

January 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM

Otto

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🙌Saturday Bonus Cartoons

What a week in America.

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January 10, 2026 at 4:22 PM

Otto

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January 9, 2026

Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S.

January 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM

Otto

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🧊“Ice Capades” Edition

First came the gunshot.

January 9, 2026 at 3:38 PM

Otto

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fuck these fascist fucking fucks

another day, another state-sponsored murder

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January 8, 2026 at 4:39 PM

Otto

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ICE agent kills legal observer and mother of three in Minneapolis as nationwide protests escalate; House to subpoena Epstein associate Les Wexner

Drop Site Daily: January 8th, 2026

January 8, 2026 at 4:21 PM

Otto

@mwm-1st.bsky.social

💀“Domestic Terrorist” Edition

According to the Trump administration’s elastic new definition of “domestic terrorist,” Renee Nicole Good—a poet, mother, neighbor, tea-and-cookies provider, and self-described “shitty guitar strummer...

open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

January 8, 2026 at 4:08 PM

Otto

@mwm-1st.bsky.social

They Didn’t Come to Protect Minneapolis. They Came to Provoke It.

A woman is dead after an encounter with ICE agents in Minneapolis, and the rush to justify it tells us everything about where this country is headed — toward provocation, federalized force, and invest

January 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM

Otto

@mwm-1st.bsky.social

Why are we writing about the anniversary of the Jan.

🗓️“6,7” Edition