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there's going to be a resurgence of abduction focused horror movies in about five years
January 24, 2026 at 4:17 AM
there's going to be a resurgence of abduction focused horror movies in about five years
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Kushner holds no current office or title in the United States government.
January 23, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Kushner holds no current office or title in the United States government.
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A whole thread of general strikes and their accomplishments
Reflect on this one with intensity:
Reflect on this one with intensity:
Uruguay, 1984: Successfully ended Uruguayan dictatorships by forcing free elections to occur under the threat of continued rolling 24 hour general strikes if not allowed.
2007, Guinea: Successful general strike forcing President Lansana Conté to resign.
2007, Guinea: Successful general strike forcing President Lansana Conté to resign.
January 23, 2026 at 8:33 PM
A whole thread of general strikes and their accomplishments
Reflect on this one with intensity:
Reflect on this one with intensity:
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We're so fucked. Burn it all down. And Nuke the White House.
1. After months of denials, the Trump administration has admitted that DOGE staff misused Social Security data.
A DOGE staffer signed a deal to share the data with a “political advocacy group” seeking to “overturn election results"
The identity of the staffer is not disclosed but there are clues
A DOGE staffer signed a deal to share the data with a “political advocacy group” seeking to “overturn election results"
The identity of the staffer is not disclosed but there are clues
DOGE staffer signed deal to share Social Security data with election deniers
After months of denials, the Trump administration has admitted that staffers affiliated with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) misused Social Security Administration (SSA) data.
popular.info
January 22, 2026 at 3:21 PM
We're so fucked. Burn it all down. And Nuke the White House.
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This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
January 22, 2026 at 2:13 AM
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
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ICE just detained a 5-year-old child.
Don’t tell us this is about “the worst of the worst.” That’s a lie.
Absolutely vile.
Don’t tell us this is about “the worst of the worst.” That’s a lie.
Absolutely vile.
5-year-old boy among four students detained by ICE, according to school leaders
School district leaders argue ICE agents are following students and their parents while driving to and from school.
www.kare11.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:29 AM
ICE just detained a 5-year-old child.
Don’t tell us this is about “the worst of the worst.” That’s a lie.
Absolutely vile.
Don’t tell us this is about “the worst of the worst.” That’s a lie.
Absolutely vile.
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Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.
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8th circuit gives ICE go ahead to use force against peaceful demonstrators, a decision which will immediately lead to injury.
US appeals court pauses lower court order restraining immigration agents' use of force against Minnesota protesters
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals paused a lower court's order on Wednesday that had restrained federal immigration agents' use of force against peaceful protesters.
www.reuters.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:47 PM
8th circuit gives ICE go ahead to use force against peaceful demonstrators, a decision which will immediately lead to injury.
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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MTG told Dana Bash that she should have this guy on her show
Nick Fuentes urging Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota: "Bro, do it. Do something. Just stop chickening out. I'm just tired of the idle threats... Please pull the trigger. Please kill them, Mr. President. Please just kill them."
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
Nick Fuentes: “Please pull the trigger. Please kill them, Mr. President. … I'm not actually wishing for violence, but please send in the military and restore order.”
www.mediamatters.org
January 20, 2026 at 10:05 PM
MTG told Dana Bash that she should have this guy on her show
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The end of American hegemony presents an opportunity for the “Tech Bros” to step in to “help” and thereby achieve the state-level power they have long craved. Thread. 1/
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 6:50 PM
The end of American hegemony presents an opportunity for the “Tech Bros” to step in to “help” and thereby achieve the state-level power they have long craved. Thread. 1/
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Just shitty things being done by shitty people for even shittier reasons.
I’ve been writing Popular Information for 8 years, and this is one of the most important stories I’ve ever published. This is a humanitarian crisis that has gone unreported.
ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Just shitty things being done by shitty people for even shittier reasons.
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Jesus famously did not disrupt proceedings at a place of worship and call out religious hypocrisy
Rep. Keith Self on anti-ICE protesters who disrupted a church service in the Twin Cities: "I compare them to Hamas who live-streamed the attack in Israel that killed hundreds of people. They want to instill terror."
January 20, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Jesus famously did not disrupt proceedings at a place of worship and call out religious hypocrisy
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ATTENTION.
On Friday, January 23rd, we will be closed as part of the ICE OUT general strike opposing the federal occupation of Minnesota.
On Friday, January 23rd, we will be closed as part of the ICE OUT general strike opposing the federal occupation of Minnesota.
January 18, 2026 at 11:35 PM
ATTENTION.
On Friday, January 23rd, we will be closed as part of the ICE OUT general strike opposing the federal occupation of Minnesota.
On Friday, January 23rd, we will be closed as part of the ICE OUT general strike opposing the federal occupation of Minnesota.
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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
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Any one of these daily atrocities should result in a full congressional investigation and a disbanding of the agency. The fact that it’s all just shrugged off by those with the power to stop it is a national disgrace.
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Any one of these daily atrocities should result in a full congressional investigation and a disbanding of the agency. The fact that it’s all just shrugged off by those with the power to stop it is a national disgrace.
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The CDC is still paying reparations for Tuskegee while doing it again.
RFK Jr is doing a modern-day Tuskegee study, where by he uses taxpayer money to intentionality infect African children with Hepatitis B and deny them treatment. You know, just to see what happens
newrepublic.com/post/205330/...
newrepublic.com/post/205330/...
“Another Tuskegee”: Leaked Docs Reveal CDC Is Funding Deadly Study
The CDC is funding a horrific hepatitis experiment on babies.
newrepublic.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:32 PM
The CDC is still paying reparations for Tuskegee while doing it again.
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And I fucking hate the caveats especially "NO CRIMINAL RECORD."
People who have criminal records ALSO deserve dignity. OK.
People who have criminal records ALSO deserve dignity. OK.
January 19, 2026 at 5:50 AM
And I fucking hate the caveats especially "NO CRIMINAL RECORD."
People who have criminal records ALSO deserve dignity. OK.
People who have criminal records ALSO deserve dignity. OK.
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per the story, the “Abolish ICE is bad” dude is also a “former Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection official”
The author of a controversial memo from centrist think tank Searchlight telling Democrats to abandon the slogan “Abolish ICE” is a senior advisor for WestExec, a D.C. shadow lobbyist for corporations in the defense, surveillance, and immigration enforcement industries.
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
Author of ‘Don’t Say Abolish ICE’ Memo Is a Corporate Consultant - The American Prospect
Blas Nuñez-Neto is a senior adviser to WestExec, a shadow lobbyist for defense and tech firms.
prospect.org
January 19, 2026 at 2:58 PM
per the story, the “Abolish ICE is bad” dude is also a “former Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection official”
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The Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees
LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her New Jersey district. Now she faces seventeen years in prison.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... | @newyorker.com
LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her New Jersey district. Now she faces seventeen years in prison.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... | @newyorker.com
The Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees
LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her district. Now she faces seventeen years in prison.
www.newyorker.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:03 PM
The Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees
LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her New Jersey district. Now she faces seventeen years in prison.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... | @newyorker.com
LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her New Jersey district. Now she faces seventeen years in prison.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... | @newyorker.com
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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"Fascists are calling in bomb threats because the president decided to make us a meme"
January 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
"Fascists are calling in bomb threats because the president decided to make us a meme"
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The DOJ is resisting: substack.com/@sugarrhi/no...
I told you: They will never release the entirety of the Epstein files.
Whatever is held within would destroy Donald Trump and his collaborators faster than he is destroying America's international standing in the world.
Impeach him while you can.
I told you: They will never release the entirety of the Epstein files.
Whatever is held within would destroy Donald Trump and his collaborators faster than he is destroying America's international standing in the world.
Impeach him while you can.
SugarRhi~ (@sugarrhi)
THE STRATEGY IS PERSISTENCE.
We don't stop. We don't get quiet. We get LOUDER.
Every single day: RELEASE THE FILES!
#KeepThePressure #ReleaseTheFilesNow
All day. Every day. Until it's done.
substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:57 PM
The DOJ is resisting: substack.com/@sugarrhi/no...
I told you: They will never release the entirety of the Epstein files.
Whatever is held within would destroy Donald Trump and his collaborators faster than he is destroying America's international standing in the world.
Impeach him while you can.
I told you: They will never release the entirety of the Epstein files.
Whatever is held within would destroy Donald Trump and his collaborators faster than he is destroying America's international standing in the world.
Impeach him while you can.
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It's a shame more white men over 35 aren't yelling at them then. Get to work.
ICE seems to get completely flummoxed when they’re being yelled at by white men over 35. They kind of put their heads down and shuffle their feet. It’s like their kryptonite.
January 17, 2026 at 6:08 PM
It's a shame more white men over 35 aren't yelling at them then. Get to work.