clara
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Don't just read the headline. This essay is my lengthy ode to the hard-fought, hard-won successes of the communitarian movement in the Twin Cities, which has been the scourge of fascists and put the most cracks in Trump's fascist front.
Nonviolence has achieved much, and will do more still.
Nonviolence has achieved much, and will do more still.
Don't Buy a Gun
Confrontational but nonviolent protest is more effective than the solipsistic comfort of an assault rifle.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Don't just read the headline. This essay is my lengthy ode to the hard-fought, hard-won successes of the communitarian movement in the Twin Cities, which has been the scourge of fascists and put the most cracks in Trump's fascist front.
Nonviolence has achieved much, and will do more still.
Nonviolence has achieved much, and will do more still.
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![VOLITION [Easy: Failure] – You wake up in your Hilton suite to a cacophony of whistles and horns. Half drunk and half hungover, you hastily throw on your tactical gear. It feels heavier than you remember. You stumble outside. The cold hits you like a brick. What are you doing here in this dismal city? Home is warm. Home is safe. Home is a thousand miles away. Tucking your shotgun between your legs, you fumble with a tear gas canister like a child learning how to tie their shoes. The gun goes off and you shoot yourself in the balls.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eqh433fdh2bqhvt455e3tg67/bafkreiahrbfuw4v4so56ikp2pxf5n253bs5pd5gq37l7nqsitkwynw56hy@jpeg)
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They do NOT look like a pickle. Don't tell them that! It was an accident!!!
January 28, 2026 at 2:35 PM
They do NOT look like a pickle. Don't tell them that! It was an accident!!!
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"bring back see through cases where you could see the electronic"
January 28, 2026 at 2:18 AM
"bring back see through cases where you could see the electronic"
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They clearly do know who a lot of us are, but they have minimal capacity to do anything about it - both because we’re not doing anything illegal and because there are SO MANY of us. But these agents are violent and undisciplined so any encounter can spill over into arbitrary violence.
January 27, 2026 at 10:57 PM
They clearly do know who a lot of us are, but they have minimal capacity to do anything about it - both because we’re not doing anything illegal and because there are SO MANY of us. But these agents are violent and undisciplined so any encounter can spill over into arbitrary violence.
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No joke, they will even send you surveys to find out what you care about so that they can adjust their platform to better represent what you want!
In all seriousness: there is an easy way to make yourself the base of the Democratic Party. Vote for them in every election, even off year ones, even local ones. Congratulations, you are now the base.
I feel like a huge problem on this app is an inability to engage with who the base of the Democratic party actually is & how they came about being it.
January 27, 2026 at 7:31 PM
No joke, they will even send you surveys to find out what you care about so that they can adjust their platform to better represent what you want!
tfw you get too excited about the first double-digit temps in a few days and underdress for what is, upon consideration, actually a pretty cold day
January 27, 2026 at 5:20 PM
tfw you get too excited about the first double-digit temps in a few days and underdress for what is, upon consideration, actually a pretty cold day
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The blessed day is upon us once again
Happy large boulder the size of a small boulder day for all who celebrate
January 27, 2026 at 11:10 AM
The blessed day is upon us once again
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“Hacking” and “infiltrating” a digital chat in the context of “convincing somebody to add you” are VERY different practices and threat models.
It is both irresponsible and stupid to conflate the two.
It is both irresponsible and stupid to conflate the two.
I think thats what some people mean when they say “hacked”. They mean infiltrated.
January 27, 2026 at 1:38 AM
“Hacking” and “infiltrating” a digital chat in the context of “convincing somebody to add you” are VERY different practices and threat models.
It is both irresponsible and stupid to conflate the two.
It is both irresponsible and stupid to conflate the two.
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Kent State's student body was fairly conservative, but the presence of troops on campus had radicalized many of them. This is how Ohio's governor described these young people: "We’re up against the strongest, well-trained, militant revolutionary group that has ever been assembled in America."
January 26, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Kent State's student body was fairly conservative, but the presence of troops on campus had radicalized many of them. This is how Ohio's governor described these young people: "We’re up against the strongest, well-trained, militant revolutionary group that has ever been assembled in America."
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It’s -2000 degrees below zero. You just flashbanged yourself twenty feet from the front desk. Three hours sleep cause locals who hate you bang garbage cans outside your room all night. The Home2Suits has fallen and you’re not getting that signing bonus for another 4.5 years. Ass. It’s all ass, dude.
Minneapolis, MN -
Very developing situation here. FPS agents ran into the hotel. Tear gas deployed. Hotel patrons forced to put their hands up. One agent’s nose bloodied.
Very developing situation here. FPS agents ran into the hotel. Tear gas deployed. Hotel patrons forced to put their hands up. One agent’s nose bloodied.
January 26, 2026 at 5:29 AM
It’s -2000 degrees below zero. You just flashbanged yourself twenty feet from the front desk. Three hours sleep cause locals who hate you bang garbage cans outside your room all night. The Home2Suits has fallen and you’re not getting that signing bonus for another 4.5 years. Ass. It’s all ass, dude.
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No one outside of the government knows when the agents who killed Silverio Villegas González went back into the field because no one outside of the government knows who they are.
The Border Patrol agent in Chicago who shot Marimar Martinez five times “was back at work within, I think, three days of the incident in our case,” her lawyer told me.
www.huffpost.com/entry/marima...
www.huffpost.com/entry/marima...
January 26, 2026 at 5:29 AM
No one outside of the government knows when the agents who killed Silverio Villegas González went back into the field because no one outside of the government knows who they are.
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if you're keeping score:
Minnesotans: bonded stronger than ever
Philly: wants this smoke
ICE: shook af
Normies: flipping FAST
Trump coalition: fracturing, huffing that cope
Democrats: may actually shut down the gov't
Trump: blue hands; brain turning to room temp Clamato
Minnesotans: bonded stronger than ever
Philly: wants this smoke
ICE: shook af
Normies: flipping FAST
Trump coalition: fracturing, huffing that cope
Democrats: may actually shut down the gov't
Trump: blue hands; brain turning to room temp Clamato
January 26, 2026 at 6:15 AM
if you're keeping score:
Minnesotans: bonded stronger than ever
Philly: wants this smoke
ICE: shook af
Normies: flipping FAST
Trump coalition: fracturing, huffing that cope
Democrats: may actually shut down the gov't
Trump: blue hands; brain turning to room temp Clamato
Minnesotans: bonded stronger than ever
Philly: wants this smoke
ICE: shook af
Normies: flipping FAST
Trump coalition: fracturing, huffing that cope
Democrats: may actually shut down the gov't
Trump: blue hands; brain turning to room temp Clamato
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stay warm, smoke weed, abolish ICE
January 26, 2026 at 12:52 AM
stay warm, smoke weed, abolish ICE
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Crowd is massive, now overflowing Congress Plaza and taking up a block-long stretch of Michigan Avenue.
Reminder: this event was only announced yesterday.
Reminder: this event was only announced yesterday.
January 25, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Crowd is massive, now overflowing Congress Plaza and taking up a block-long stretch of Michigan Avenue.
Reminder: this event was only announced yesterday.
Reminder: this event was only announced yesterday.
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The guy that runs the Reddit where people post about patting their cat on the butt like bongos has put his foot down
January 25, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The guy that runs the Reddit where people post about patting their cat on the butt like bongos has put his foot down
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dawg they are not grabbing you for being in a chat engaging in lawful and protected 1st amendment speech. They are grabbing you because you are outside and they decided to make an example of you on trumped up charges after brutalizing you in front of your neighbors. They don’t need the group chat.
January 23, 2026 at 8:21 PM
dawg they are not grabbing you for being in a chat engaging in lawful and protected 1st amendment speech. They are grabbing you because you are outside and they decided to make an example of you on trumped up charges after brutalizing you in front of your neighbors. They don’t need the group chat.
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Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
January 23, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
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oh man, the Walker Art Center is going to be closed on Friday
(If you're not from the Twin Cities, this is like MoMA closing in support of a general strike—a very big deal)
(If you're not from the Twin Cities, this is like MoMA closing in support of a general strike—a very big deal)
Walker Art Center joins growing list of organizations closing on Jan. 23
"This reflects our institutional values to center our community, support our staff, and to approach our work with care and safety in mind," a representative says.
bringmethenews.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:28 PM
oh man, the Walker Art Center is going to be closed on Friday
(If you're not from the Twin Cities, this is like MoMA closing in support of a general strike—a very big deal)
(If you're not from the Twin Cities, this is like MoMA closing in support of a general strike—a very big deal)
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I wish they'd drop this "teen curfew" idea.
The city is for everyone who lives here, including [not so subtly between the lines "Black"] teenagers.
The city is for everyone who lives here, including [not so subtly between the lines "Black"] teenagers.
FULL STORY: A proposal designed to expand the Chicago Police Department’s power to impose a curfew to stop large gatherings of teens stalled Wednesday after supporters of the push balked after a last-minute effort to revise the measure. @wttw.bsky.social
Push to Expand CPD’s Curfew Power Stalls After Last-Minute Revision
The new proposal does not mention the city’s curfew, but gives the city’s top cop the power to issue what it calls “a dispersal declaration” in areas where police leaders have determined they have pro...
news.wttw.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:53 PM
I wish they'd drop this "teen curfew" idea.
The city is for everyone who lives here, including [not so subtly between the lines "Black"] teenagers.
The city is for everyone who lives here, including [not so subtly between the lines "Black"] teenagers.
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We had to take them to court over and over in Chicago, but when it was clear the judge was going to haul Bovino in to answer for the next round of violations, the out-of-town units left. It's slow and infuriating, but it's another lever to pull that can get traction, yes.
I understand that a lot of reactions are going to be along the lines of “well they’re just going to claim literally any protest is non-peaceful” and I’m sure they will do that in some cases
but these kinds of TROs have actually made a difference in other places
don’t hand it to them preemptively
but these kinds of TROs have actually made a difference in other places
don’t hand it to them preemptively
BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 17, 2026 at 1:42 AM
We had to take them to court over and over in Chicago, but when it was clear the judge was going to haul Bovino in to answer for the next round of violations, the out-of-town units left. It's slow and infuriating, but it's another lever to pull that can get traction, yes.
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Hey you ICE bastards let me draw you a map of your future
January 14, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Hey you ICE bastards let me draw you a map of your future
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Right now in Minnesota schools are canceling all field trips indefinitely because it isn’t safe to take students to science museums and water sanitation facilities with agents of the federal government hanging around
January 13, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Right now in Minnesota schools are canceling all field trips indefinitely because it isn’t safe to take students to science museums and water sanitation facilities with agents of the federal government hanging around
monitoring the public actions of federal agents is legal, it's constitutional, and it's what some of our elected officials have specifically been asking us to do!
It doesn’t fucking matter!! Lots of us are trained to monitor ICE. It doesn’t mean we deserve to be gunned down in the streets by our own government. @cnn.com - this is a new fucking low. Even for you.
your journalists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could they didn't stop to think if they should
January 14, 2026 at 1:06 AM
monitoring the public actions of federal agents is legal, it's constitutional, and it's what some of our elected officials have specifically been asking us to do!