Victor Von Doomscroll
@redderbeanpaste.bsky.social
I look at politics in China and the United States. I will also yell about my cats and video games here. This is a private social media account
I talk about pens. 🖋️
I talk about pens. 🖋️
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A Crabby Guide to Politics
Guides, explainers and salty takes on American and Global Politics. No nonsense, except when there is. Crabby because I'm from Maryland
the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.io
Ok I’ve been picking up some followers so let me do an intro
I am an accounting student that used to work in international affairs. I freelance write and run a newsletter that is proudly not on substack on American and international politics the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.io
I am an accounting student that used to work in international affairs. I freelance write and run a newsletter that is proudly not on substack on American and international politics the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.io
lol
Trump is unpopular, but how do Democrats frame their arguments for a comeback?
Two veteran politicos, Rahm Emanuel and Gretchen Whitmer, have thoughts
In NPR video interviews. Worth watching on a snowy day.
Two veteran politicos, Rahm Emanuel and Gretchen Whitmer, have thoughts
In NPR video interviews. Worth watching on a snowy day.
January 25, 2026 at 1:54 PM
lol
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Toni Morrison: “Racism may wear a new dress, buy a new pair of boots, but neither it nor its succubus twin fascism is new, or can make anything new. It can only reproduce the environment that supports its own health; fear, denial, and an atmosphere in which its victims have lost the will to fight.”
March 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Toni Morrison: “Racism may wear a new dress, buy a new pair of boots, but neither it nor its succubus twin fascism is new, or can make anything new. It can only reproduce the environment that supports its own health; fear, denial, and an atmosphere in which its victims have lost the will to fight.”
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That lady yelling at him to stop filming? May she never find peace in her heart.
www.reddit.com/r/law/s/DO35...
www.reddit.com/r/law/s/DO35...
From the law community on Reddit: Screaming and sobbing can be heard from outside the ICE children's detention center in Dilley, TX
Explore this post and more from the law community
www.reddit.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:57 AM
That lady yelling at him to stop filming? May she never find peace in her heart.
www.reddit.com/r/law/s/DO35...
www.reddit.com/r/law/s/DO35...
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Cardinal Zen (not the guy here) actually got arrested on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces under NSL. His other 'crime' was helping the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund that supported arrested protesters by paying their medical and legal fees.
January 25, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Cardinal Zen (not the guy here) actually got arrested on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces under NSL. His other 'crime' was helping the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund that supported arrested protesters by paying their medical and legal fees.
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How have people watched these same outlets lie every single day about Gaza, about the videos we all can see, and yet expect it to be different with respect to their own situation? Why do you think they lied to begin with? Because that was the order that came down to them: protect the empire.
The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
January 24, 2026 at 11:34 PM
How have people watched these same outlets lie every single day about Gaza, about the videos we all can see, and yet expect it to be different with respect to their own situation? Why do you think they lied to begin with? Because that was the order that came down to them: protect the empire.
Has menswear guy walked back his comment about ice needing better training or is he the only immigrant that gets to talk about this
January 25, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Has menswear guy walked back his comment about ice needing better training or is he the only immigrant that gets to talk about this
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Marimar Martinez was the first US citizen shot by ICE.
They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.
They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.
He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.
A 🧵 of ICE abuse
They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.
They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.
He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.
A 🧵 of ICE abuse
Text messages and a moved SUV: How the government’s case against a Chicago woman shot by a Border Patrol agent fell apart | CNN
A wide grin was plastered on Marimar Martinez’s face Thursday as she thanked her attorneys outside an Illinois courtroom and told reporters, “I’m just blessed. I’m happy.”
www.cnn.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Marimar Martinez was the first US citizen shot by ICE.
They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.
They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.
He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.
A 🧵 of ICE abuse
They claimed she was a terrorist. Said she was brandishing a weapon.
They lied. Video footage exonerated her and showed the ICE agent shot her five times.
He bragged to other agents “five shots, 7 holes”.
A 🧵 of ICE abuse
Our region has four major men’s sports teams and a regularly top performing wnba team lmfao
January 25, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Our region has four major men’s sports teams and a regularly top performing wnba team lmfao
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If this is true (and that’s not a small if), it is reasonable to posit that Bezos is trying to offload the Post. Or kill it altogether.
Sports is a top driver of traffic and subscriptions for most news sites.
And we’ve seen how Bezos and Lewis have mangled the Opinion section.
Sports is a top driver of traffic and subscriptions for most news sites.
And we’ve seen how Bezos and Lewis have mangled the Opinion section.
January 25, 2026 at 2:48 AM
If this is true (and that’s not a small if), it is reasonable to posit that Bezos is trying to offload the Post. Or kill it altogether.
Sports is a top driver of traffic and subscriptions for most news sites.
And we’ve seen how Bezos and Lewis have mangled the Opinion section.
Sports is a top driver of traffic and subscriptions for most news sites.
And we’ve seen how Bezos and Lewis have mangled the Opinion section.
My instinct is they’ll say China is funding this even as they send Chinese dissidents back to China lmao
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 4:56 AM
My instinct is they’ll say China is funding this even as they send Chinese dissidents back to China lmao
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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I am seeing quite a few nurses calling for a nationwide strike over the killing of Alex Pretti. I think we are seeing one of the largest workforces being radicalized before our very eyes.
January 25, 2026 at 3:51 AM
I am seeing quite a few nurses calling for a nationwide strike over the killing of Alex Pretti. I think we are seeing one of the largest workforces being radicalized before our very eyes.
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All of them. Please understand that before this moment we were already over the line, it has just expanded to include more communities
Let me say something very directly.
We are objectively in a fascist authoritarian moment here in this country.
Academics and historians have established indicators for this. We are well over the line on many of them.
We are objectively in a fascist authoritarian moment here in this country.
Academics and historians have established indicators for this. We are well over the line on many of them.
January 25, 2026 at 4:17 AM
All of them. Please understand that before this moment we were already over the line, it has just expanded to include more communities
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🚨 SAVE A LIFE IN MINNEAPOLIS 🚨
1. Stop scrolling.
2. Donate $25 to DMDM to fund a tourniquet for the North Star Health Collective in Minneapolis.
3. ???
4. You've saved a community observers life.
These 3D printed designs are FDA approved and 2x cheaper than alternatives.
givebutter.com/nMoQ7I
1. Stop scrolling.
2. Donate $25 to DMDM to fund a tourniquet for the North Star Health Collective in Minneapolis.
3. ???
4. You've saved a community observers life.
These 3D printed designs are FDA approved and 2x cheaper than alternatives.
givebutter.com/nMoQ7I
January 25, 2026 at 4:00 AM
🚨 SAVE A LIFE IN MINNEAPOLIS 🚨
1. Stop scrolling.
2. Donate $25 to DMDM to fund a tourniquet for the North Star Health Collective in Minneapolis.
3. ???
4. You've saved a community observers life.
These 3D printed designs are FDA approved and 2x cheaper than alternatives.
givebutter.com/nMoQ7I
1. Stop scrolling.
2. Donate $25 to DMDM to fund a tourniquet for the North Star Health Collective in Minneapolis.
3. ???
4. You've saved a community observers life.
These 3D printed designs are FDA approved and 2x cheaper than alternatives.
givebutter.com/nMoQ7I
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“better training” www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
January 24, 2026 at 5:31 PM
“better training” www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
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On tonight’s White House agenda:
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
January 25, 2026 at 1:49 AM
On tonight’s White House agenda:
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
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Sleet is inevitable Sunday-freezing rain is what worries us.
Sleet bounces off trees & power lines. Freezing rain glazes them & that’s when outages become a risk. It's like a sprinkled donut (sleet) vs a glazed donut (freezing rain).
Freezing rain risk increases late afternoon, esp E/SE of Beltway
Sleet bounces off trees & power lines. Freezing rain glazes them & that’s when outages become a risk. It's like a sprinkled donut (sleet) vs a glazed donut (freezing rain).
Freezing rain risk increases late afternoon, esp E/SE of Beltway
January 25, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Sleet is inevitable Sunday-freezing rain is what worries us.
Sleet bounces off trees & power lines. Freezing rain glazes them & that’s when outages become a risk. It's like a sprinkled donut (sleet) vs a glazed donut (freezing rain).
Freezing rain risk increases late afternoon, esp E/SE of Beltway
Sleet bounces off trees & power lines. Freezing rain glazes them & that’s when outages become a risk. It's like a sprinkled donut (sleet) vs a glazed donut (freezing rain).
Freezing rain risk increases late afternoon, esp E/SE of Beltway
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iirc during the most severe parts of the draconian lockdown - like, actual lockdown - in China, Chinese people also used 义勇军进行曲 lyrics and the government actually *did* end up censoring the national anthem lyrics for a little bit
You know, a way the Hong Kong protesters got out of censorship laws was by using the lyrics of the Chinese anthem against them...
"arise, scatter our enemies, and make them fall! Confound their politics, frustrate their knavish tricks"
"arise, scatter our enemies, and make them fall! Confound their politics, frustrate their knavish tricks"
January 24, 2026 at 6:07 AM
iirc during the most severe parts of the draconian lockdown - like, actual lockdown - in China, Chinese people also used 义勇军进行曲 lyrics and the government actually *did* end up censoring the national anthem lyrics for a little bit
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If you are a game developer working on a modern military shooter and want to speak to me about Call of Duty being mentioned during this most recent ICE shooting, please reach out at gita at aftermath dot site. I am happy to keep you anonymous.
January 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM
If you are a game developer working on a modern military shooter and want to speak to me about Call of Duty being mentioned during this most recent ICE shooting, please reach out at gita at aftermath dot site. I am happy to keep you anonymous.
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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Mood in minneapolis right now
January 24, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Mood in minneapolis right now
Dearest mother
Egg rations run low at this moment but i have procured water from merchant Joseph’s trading post. I must acquire toiletry supply for lt Yuebing
Egg rations run low at this moment but i have procured water from merchant Joseph’s trading post. I must acquire toiletry supply for lt Yuebing
January 25, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Dearest mother
Egg rations run low at this moment but i have procured water from merchant Joseph’s trading post. I must acquire toiletry supply for lt Yuebing
Egg rations run low at this moment but i have procured water from merchant Joseph’s trading post. I must acquire toiletry supply for lt Yuebing
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Drink more water, my friends. Outlive them all.
November 6, 2024 at 8:07 AM
Drink more water, my friends. Outlive them all.
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New: Amid the escalating situation in Minneapolis, ICE posted in the Federal Register asking companies to provide info about “commercial Big Data and Ad Tech” products that would “directly support investigations activities”
www.wired.com/story/ice-as...
www.wired.com/story/ice-as...
ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations
A new federal filing from ICE demonstrates how commercial tools are increasingly being considered by the government for law enforcement and surveillance.
www.wired.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:42 PM
New: Amid the escalating situation in Minneapolis, ICE posted in the Federal Register asking companies to provide info about “commercial Big Data and Ad Tech” products that would “directly support investigations activities”
www.wired.com/story/ice-as...
www.wired.com/story/ice-as...
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Arno_Xen, PhD (ANTIFA) @arno-aman.bsky.social has only made 17 posts on Bluesky so far. their first post on here was made on November 13th, 2024. Arno_Xen did not post again until 2 days ago and is now fedposting in a divisive manner in the wake of ICE murdering another person.
January 24, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Arno_Xen, PhD (ANTIFA) @arno-aman.bsky.social has only made 17 posts on Bluesky so far. their first post on here was made on November 13th, 2024. Arno_Xen did not post again until 2 days ago and is now fedposting in a divisive manner in the wake of ICE murdering another person.