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i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM
i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals
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Dr. King did amazing things, but often we only talk about his successes. Dr. King also had some "failures", and they are important to discuss because we often learn a great deal from failure. And failure can inform or grow a movement, like Albany, Georgia's failure did for Dr. King. /1
January 19, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Dr. King did amazing things, but often we only talk about his successes. Dr. King also had some "failures", and they are important to discuss because we often learn a great deal from failure. And failure can inform or grow a movement, like Albany, Georgia's failure did for Dr. King. /1
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Even in the depths of colonialism, genocide, enslavement, ethnic cleansing & holocaust, there have been white folks all over who have refused and resisted white supremacy.
We get to choose which ancestors we honor. One of my ancestors was an enslaver who sold my foremother. *I don't claim his ass.*
We get to choose which ancestors we honor. One of my ancestors was an enslaver who sold my foremother. *I don't claim his ass.*
January 17, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Even in the depths of colonialism, genocide, enslavement, ethnic cleansing & holocaust, there have been white folks all over who have refused and resisted white supremacy.
We get to choose which ancestors we honor. One of my ancestors was an enslaver who sold my foremother. *I don't claim his ass.*
We get to choose which ancestors we honor. One of my ancestors was an enslaver who sold my foremother. *I don't claim his ass.*
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I’m physically following them around using my government name telling them to arrest me and they haven’t bothered to arrest me. Also half the US Attorney’s office here in MN just resigned! They do not have a case and they do not have manpower, but their only tool is trying to be menacing.
will not be surprised if the subpoenas are never issued
NYT says subpoenas have not been issued. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
January 17, 2026 at 2:05 PM
I’m physically following them around using my government name telling them to arrest me and they haven’t bothered to arrest me. Also half the US Attorney’s office here in MN just resigned! They do not have a case and they do not have manpower, but their only tool is trying to be menacing.
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I see a lot of well meaning people (not OP) who like to talk about countries (usually the ones they're from or have an affinity with) as being steadfast bastions in the new cold war and I cannot stress enough that you have failed the assignment if you think this
i think, however, this is a crystal clear example that the next cold war is actually democracy vs autocracy and the battle lines run right through every single advanced democracy. there aren't really any safe harbors.
January 17, 2026 at 8:08 PM
I see a lot of well meaning people (not OP) who like to talk about countries (usually the ones they're from or have an affinity with) as being steadfast bastions in the new cold war and I cannot stress enough that you have failed the assignment if you think this
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We are now at the level of Cool Zone where Latino leftists are like "Thank God a CIA agent is here to restore order," and correct to think so.
GOD BLESS THE CIA LADY WHO MANY PEOPLE WOULD ALSO VOTE TO HAVE HER STEP ON THEM
January 17, 2026 at 9:37 PM
We are now at the level of Cool Zone where Latino leftists are like "Thank God a CIA agent is here to restore order," and correct to think so.
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The 2026 American Midterm Elections: Democratic Socialism with CIA characteristics v. Redditor Fascism
January 17, 2026 at 1:09 AM
The 2026 American Midterm Elections: Democratic Socialism with CIA characteristics v. Redditor Fascism
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i have been reading Tom Ricks’ “Fighting the Good War” which is a military analysis of the civil rights movement, and one thing that comes abundantly across is that movement leaders and ordinary people made it a practice to refuse to fall into despair and cynicism.
January 16, 2026 at 1:55 PM
i have been reading Tom Ricks’ “Fighting the Good War” which is a military analysis of the civil rights movement, and one thing that comes abundantly across is that movement leaders and ordinary people made it a practice to refuse to fall into despair and cynicism.
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and America is the men and women tailing ICE goons in cars 24/7 to keep them safe because these fuckshits know they can't get away with anything if they're being watched, because they *do not feel safe* and will never feel safe as long as they are violating America, we will make SURE of it
January 14, 2026 at 5:27 PM
and America is the men and women tailing ICE goons in cars 24/7 to keep them safe because these fuckshits know they can't get away with anything if they're being watched, because they *do not feel safe* and will never feel safe as long as they are violating America, we will make SURE of it
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NEW // Op-Ed: It’s Time to Uproot ICE Penal Colonies Like Tacoma’s GEO
Op-ed by John Burbank via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/10/o...
Op-ed by John Burbank via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/10/o...
Op-Ed: It’s Time to Uproot ICE Penal Colonies Like Tacoma’s GEO » The Urbanist
# Washington state leaders should take action to force the closure of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement penal colony in Tacoma, which is carrying out the unlawful detention of 1500 people.
www.theurbanist.org
January 10, 2026 at 5:53 PM
NEW // Op-Ed: It’s Time to Uproot ICE Penal Colonies Like Tacoma’s GEO
Op-ed by John Burbank via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/10/o...
Op-ed by John Burbank via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/10/o...
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He ain’t leaving the BoG unless he’s on a stretcher. This is unreal, he straight up calls the President full of it. What a king.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 1:10 AM
He ain’t leaving the BoG unless he’s on a stretcher. This is unreal, he straight up calls the President full of it. What a king.
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FOX: Where’s the protest against the regime that's killing people in the street right now?
Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests
FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests?
Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face
Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests
FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests?
Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face
January 11, 2026 at 5:44 PM
FOX: Where’s the protest against the regime that's killing people in the street right now?
Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests
FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests?
Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face
Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests
FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests?
Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face
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The Virgin Democratic Party Establishment Candidate: "ICE isn't coordinating with local police. This is no way to bring down prices!"
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 3:52 AM
The Virgin Democratic Party Establishment Candidate: "ICE isn't coordinating with local police. This is no way to bring down prices!"
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
The Chad Episcopalian Bishop: "I have instructed my priests to prepare for martyrdom."
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When NIMBYs say that California is full and their cities can’t accommodate more housing, they are saying that queer people trying to get out of red states are on their own.
New research confirms what many of us see: there's a large internal migration of LGBTQ people in the US, especially trans people, to friendlier states & cities.
Since 11/2024, 9% of all trans people have moved to another state, 43% have considered moving.
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
Since 11/2024, 9% of all trans people have moved to another state, 43% have considered moving.
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
January 11, 2026 at 12:36 AM
When NIMBYs say that California is full and their cities can’t accommodate more housing, they are saying that queer people trying to get out of red states are on their own.
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Make Liberalism Genuinely Terrifying to Despots Again
January 10, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Make Liberalism Genuinely Terrifying to Despots Again
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Nobody has ever been vindicated harder than people who said easing gambling regulations created a moral hazard and I was entirely wrong in thinking making it easier for the boys to slap twenty dollars on a NBA game was harmless fun.
rid us of this nest of vipers. destroy polymarket
“.. critics have warned that widespread prediction-market contracts tied to war could create harmful incentives, especially if insiders charged with carrying out military actions are tempted to enrich themselves through side bets ..” 🤡
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
January 8, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Nobody has ever been vindicated harder than people who said easing gambling regulations created a moral hazard and I was entirely wrong in thinking making it easier for the boys to slap twenty dollars on a NBA game was harmless fun.
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god bless america
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
January 9, 2026 at 2:32 AM
god bless america
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ICE goons travel in threes: one to read, one to write, and the other to keep an eye on the two intellectuals.
January 8, 2026 at 5:35 PM
ICE goons travel in threes: one to read, one to write, and the other to keep an eye on the two intellectuals.
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where will old people hook up
News has dropped that IKEA is closing at least seven stores in China starting next month.
Common topic in several cafes today*—IKEA closing one of its stores in Tianjin, and what it says about the local economy and the housing market in general.
* n.b. I didn’t bring it up
* n.b. I didn’t bring it up
January 9, 2026 at 1:15 AM
where will old people hook up
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SOLIDARITY WITH FREE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD
January 8, 2026 at 11:43 PM
SOLIDARITY WITH FREE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD
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Something I got out of reading Clausewitz is considering myself subject to moral forces in the same way I am subject to physical ones. You spend a day in the rain and you’re going to be affected. You watch misery and cruelty all day, you’re going to be affected. The rationale doesn’t change that.
literally anybody whose *actual job* involves having to watch atrocity videos will tell you it's hugely psychologically self-destructive and not something you should voluntarily put yourself through on a daily basis.
Nobody is supposed to be able to "handle" witnessing atrocity and those who think they can are lying to themselves! You're fucking yourself up to feel holy! That's a hairshirt!
January 7, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Something I got out of reading Clausewitz is considering myself subject to moral forces in the same way I am subject to physical ones. You spend a day in the rain and you’re going to be affected. You watch misery and cruelty all day, you’re going to be affected. The rationale doesn’t change that.
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Tangential, but I keep seeing an anti-military thread w/ a decent number of flat-out lies, the gist being: "don't join the military it's evil" and I'm sort of dumbstruck. We need a military, and ideally we should have moral people staffing and running it. Don't cede control of that to shitty people!
January 6, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Tangential, but I keep seeing an anti-military thread w/ a decent number of flat-out lies, the gist being: "don't join the military it's evil" and I'm sort of dumbstruck. We need a military, and ideally we should have moral people staffing and running it. Don't cede control of that to shitty people!
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I’m not gonna dunk on some small depressed account, but one reply I get to this is “you think there’s gonna be elections/Trump will listen to judges??” And I wonder how people haven’t noticed that Garcia is home and free and Republicans got crushed in elections this year
We Are Going to Win
Trump's revolution will fail, but we still have a long and painful road ahead of us.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I’m not gonna dunk on some small depressed account, but one reply I get to this is “you think there’s gonna be elections/Trump will listen to judges??” And I wonder how people haven’t noticed that Garcia is home and free and Republicans got crushed in elections this year
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It’s a syllogism so obvious, it’s amazing more people don’t understand it: if you really love America, you want to welcome more Americans, because more Americans makes more America.
Sorry, more Romans. We’re talking about Romans. Why do I keep thinking “Americans” here…
Sorry, more Romans. We’re talking about Romans. Why do I keep thinking “Americans” here…
December 31, 2025 at 4:42 AM
It’s a syllogism so obvious, it’s amazing more people don’t understand it: if you really love America, you want to welcome more Americans, because more Americans makes more America.
Sorry, more Romans. We’re talking about Romans. Why do I keep thinking “Americans” here…
Sorry, more Romans. We’re talking about Romans. Why do I keep thinking “Americans” here…