Ethan Nichtern
@ethannichtern.com
Author: Confidence, The Road Home, The Dharma of the Princess Bride, Host of The Road Home podcast, Buddhist Student & Teacher
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Ethan Nichtern
@ethannichtern.com
· Jan 22
From Confidence: Holding Your Seat Through Life’s Eight Worldly Winds.
Understanding how we got here includes seeing how the worldview of extreme individualism will necessarily lead to fascism.
America needs to adopt a worldview of interdependence if we want to emerge transformed from this collapse. And it needs to be explicitly named in a brand new constitution.
America needs to adopt a worldview of interdependence if we want to emerge transformed from this collapse. And it needs to be explicitly named in a brand new constitution.
January 15, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Understanding how we got here includes seeing how the worldview of extreme individualism will necessarily lead to fascism.
America needs to adopt a worldview of interdependence if we want to emerge transformed from this collapse. And it needs to be explicitly named in a brand new constitution.
America needs to adopt a worldview of interdependence if we want to emerge transformed from this collapse. And it needs to be explicitly named in a brand new constitution.
It would be nice if somebody informed this guy that Star Trek is entirely a socialist narrative of the future that takes place after maniacal wealth inequality leads to World War III in the 2030s and almost destroys the Earth (look it up).
"We want to make Star Trek real," said Elon Musk.
"We want to make Starfleet Academy real so that it's not always science fiction, but one day the science fiction turns to science fact."
"We want to make Starfleet Academy real so that it's not always science fiction, but one day the science fiction turns to science fact."
January 14, 2026 at 4:44 PM
It would be nice if somebody informed this guy that Star Trek is entirely a socialist narrative of the future that takes place after maniacal wealth inequality leads to World War III in the 2030s and almost destroys the Earth (look it up).
I want to start a life coaching program where every person who thought Trump wouldn’t be this bad is paired with somebody who knew exactly how bad it would be and the person who was in denial has to follow the advice of the person who knew and do exactly what they say.
January 14, 2026 at 2:46 AM
I want to start a life coaching program where every person who thought Trump wouldn’t be this bad is paired with somebody who knew exactly how bad it would be and the person who was in denial has to follow the advice of the person who knew and do exactly what they say.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:56 AM
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This YouGov poll on ICE is really eye-opening. Public opinion has really swung against DHS/ICE and their terror regime.
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January 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
This YouGov poll on ICE is really eye-opening. Public opinion has really swung against DHS/ICE and their terror regime.
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Tim Walz needs to activate the national guard and put a stop to this. These electeds are cowards. They need to stand up for their citizens instead of just meekly standing by and filing lawsuits.
DO SOMETHING. Your citizens are being brutalized by a hostile occupying force.
DO SOMETHING. Your citizens are being brutalized by a hostile occupying force.
ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
January 12, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Tim Walz needs to activate the national guard and put a stop to this. These electeds are cowards. They need to stand up for their citizens instead of just meekly standing by and filing lawsuits.
DO SOMETHING. Your citizens are being brutalized by a hostile occupying force.
DO SOMETHING. Your citizens are being brutalized by a hostile occupying force.
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What ICE/BP is doing to Minneapolis is awful.
And it's taking everything they have. By population, Minneapolis is America's 45th largest city.
Keep both in mind at once: the regime's desire for authoritarian domination is bottomless, and they'll act on it, but their capacity to do so is limited.
And it's taking everything they have. By population, Minneapolis is America's 45th largest city.
Keep both in mind at once: the regime's desire for authoritarian domination is bottomless, and they'll act on it, but their capacity to do so is limited.
January 12, 2026 at 5:08 PM
What ICE/BP is doing to Minneapolis is awful.
And it's taking everything they have. By population, Minneapolis is America's 45th largest city.
Keep both in mind at once: the regime's desire for authoritarian domination is bottomless, and they'll act on it, but their capacity to do so is limited.
And it's taking everything they have. By population, Minneapolis is America's 45th largest city.
Keep both in mind at once: the regime's desire for authoritarian domination is bottomless, and they'll act on it, but their capacity to do so is limited.
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New York City turned OUT.
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January 11, 2026 at 7:31 PM
New York City turned OUT.
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I legit stood in the middle of that protest and cried.
There is a protest every Sunday at this hour on that corner.
Usually it is about 25 people.
Today it was thousands and thousands, with almost every car on the street honking.
Shit is going to change.
There is a protest every Sunday at this hour on that corner.
Usually it is about 25 people.
Today it was thousands and thousands, with almost every car on the street honking.
Shit is going to change.
January 11, 2026 at 9:02 PM
I legit stood in the middle of that protest and cried.
There is a protest every Sunday at this hour on that corner.
Usually it is about 25 people.
Today it was thousands and thousands, with almost every car on the street honking.
Shit is going to change.
There is a protest every Sunday at this hour on that corner.
Usually it is about 25 people.
Today it was thousands and thousands, with almost every car on the street honking.
Shit is going to change.
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ICE beat a U.S. Marine Veteran, telling her: “Have you not learned? This is why we killed that lesbian bitch!”
Credit to @statuscoupnews.bsky.social for the interview.
Credit to @statuscoupnews.bsky.social for the interview.
January 12, 2026 at 2:34 AM
ICE beat a U.S. Marine Veteran, telling her: “Have you not learned? This is why we killed that lesbian bitch!”
Credit to @statuscoupnews.bsky.social for the interview.
Credit to @statuscoupnews.bsky.social for the interview.
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None of this is a sign of strength and there is no plan. It's a tremendous show of weakness. Trump is creating chaos and flinging everything at the wall like a mad king. They're losing and they know it but like cornered animals that makes them more dangerous.
January 12, 2026 at 2:23 AM
None of this is a sign of strength and there is no plan. It's a tremendous show of weakness. Trump is creating chaos and flinging everything at the wall like a mad king. They're losing and they know it but like cornered animals that makes them more dangerous.
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Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
April 15 gonna be...intriguing.
Again I ask, why the fuck are we paying taxes to this facist government?
January 11, 2026 at 2:21 AM
April 15 gonna be...intriguing.
It has come to make the most sense to view the 2024 election as having very little to do with Trump.
Maybe—in addition to the sexism and racism—if was actually a referendum on the utter spinelessness of Democratic leadership.
People want to *believe* in something and these dudes…don’t.
Maybe—in addition to the sexism and racism—if was actually a referendum on the utter spinelessness of Democratic leadership.
People want to *believe* in something and these dudes…don’t.
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January 11, 2026 at 12:20 AM
It has come to make the most sense to view the 2024 election as having very little to do with Trump.
Maybe—in addition to the sexism and racism—if was actually a referendum on the utter spinelessness of Democratic leadership.
People want to *believe* in something and these dudes…don’t.
Maybe—in addition to the sexism and racism—if was actually a referendum on the utter spinelessness of Democratic leadership.
People want to *believe* in something and these dudes…don’t.
I cannot find the post where someone points out the utter courage of every *single* video we see where a person stands their ground so fearlessly to film and confront the ICE gestapo for their crimes against humanity, but I need to second it.
Thank you.
You’re helping us all find our courage.
Thank you.
You’re helping us all find our courage.
January 10, 2026 at 11:53 PM
I cannot find the post where someone points out the utter courage of every *single* video we see where a person stands their ground so fearlessly to film and confront the ICE gestapo for their crimes against humanity, but I need to second it.
Thank you.
You’re helping us all find our courage.
Thank you.
You’re helping us all find our courage.
Bud the only lesson we learned is to prosecute every last one of you that breaks the law like this when your pedo-regime falls.
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Bud the only lesson we learned is to prosecute every last one of you that breaks the law like this when your pedo-regime falls.
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I've noticed that ICE agents keep yelling "18 USC § 111" at people filming them. I'd like to see the memo they all got on that talking point, and I'd like to know who sent it. Filming ICE or alerting your neighbors to their presence doesn't violate § 111.
January 10, 2026 at 7:45 PM
I've noticed that ICE agents keep yelling "18 USC § 111" at people filming them. I'd like to see the memo they all got on that talking point, and I'd like to know who sent it. Filming ICE or alerting your neighbors to their presence doesn't violate § 111.
The tiny-handed regime is losing.
Thousands are at Powderhorn Park in south Minneapolis rallying against ICE.
Video by Alex Kormann
Video by Alex Kormann
January 10, 2026 at 9:38 PM
The tiny-handed regime is losing.
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BREAKING: Massive Crowds of Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota as we speak. The tide is turning. America is Fed Up.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
January 10, 2026 at 8:23 PM
BREAKING: Massive Crowds of Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota as we speak. The tide is turning. America is Fed Up.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
One thing I won’t let go of is my shock that they try this argument repeatedly, and that corporate media treats it as a perspective we need to consider.
January 10, 2026 at 7:09 PM
One thing I won’t let go of is my shock that they try this argument repeatedly, and that corporate media treats it as a perspective we need to consider.
Human goodness will win.
Our tiny Vermont town has about 100 people downtown protesting ICE right now.
To be clear this is like 10-15% of the town’s population in January standing around just to show some solidarity to blue cities who are going through the shit for us all.
Stay strong Minneapolis.
To be clear this is like 10-15% of the town’s population in January standing around just to show some solidarity to blue cities who are going through the shit for us all.
Stay strong Minneapolis.
January 10, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Human goodness will win.
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
One thing every serious writer is taught is to use simple words whenever possible.
The inability of media, beginning in 2015, to make the right choice and use the appropriate word "lies" when quoting the GOP is a great moral failure.
It's also extremely bad writing.
The inability of media, beginning in 2015, to make the right choice and use the appropriate word "lies" when quoting the GOP is a great moral failure.
It's also extremely bad writing.
While I applaud the @theguardian.com in general and for headlines like this, particularly compared to our increasingly corporatized and toothless mass media, it continues to amaze me how hard it is for them to say "lies."
January 10, 2026 at 4:29 PM
One thing every serious writer is taught is to use simple words whenever possible.
The inability of media, beginning in 2015, to make the right choice and use the appropriate word "lies" when quoting the GOP is a great moral failure.
It's also extremely bad writing.
The inability of media, beginning in 2015, to make the right choice and use the appropriate word "lies" when quoting the GOP is a great moral failure.
It's also extremely bad writing.