Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li
@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
associate editor at liberal currents. neonliberal. she/her.
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you: oh hey the polls are back early what do they say
me: woke's back
you: what?
me: *loading a sten gun and getting in a sherman tank with a pride flag on the side* woke's back
me: woke's back
you: what?
me: *loading a sten gun and getting in a sherman tank with a pride flag on the side* woke's back
February 5, 2026 at 11:42 PM
you: oh hey the polls are back early what do they say
me: woke's back
you: what?
me: *loading a sten gun and getting in a sherman tank with a pride flag on the side* woke's back
me: woke's back
you: what?
me: *loading a sten gun and getting in a sherman tank with a pride flag on the side* woke's back
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Most of all this shows he was a dipshit like a huge portion of rich guys who hang out with FSB econ thought leader types whose job is mostly to get rich people prostitutes.
dossier.center/jeffreyepste...
dossier.center/jeffreyepste...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Russian Connection:
Billionaire's ties with FSB Academy graduate revealed
dossier.center
February 5, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Most of all this shows he was a dipshit like a huge portion of rich guys who hang out with FSB econ thought leader types whose job is mostly to get rich people prostitutes.
dossier.center/jeffreyepste...
dossier.center/jeffreyepste...
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"Donald Trump started it, Virginia is going to finish it” www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/02/the-...
The Political Genius of Donald Trump and Greg Abbott - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Donald Trump demanded Texas redistrict in the middle of the cycle. His lapdog Greg Abbott was happy to do his master’s bidding. This led to a ridiculous map where Texas Republicans assumed that their ...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:47 PM
"Donald Trump started it, Virginia is going to finish it” www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/02/the-...
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The real issue here is that people credulously believed that populism was leftism.
That's what this comes down to. A willingness to believe populist rhetoric over the actual evidence of a candidate's words and actions.
Some folks got fleeced, and, years later, refused to admit it.
That's what this comes down to. A willingness to believe populist rhetoric over the actual evidence of a candidate's words and actions.
Some folks got fleeced, and, years later, refused to admit it.
February 5, 2026 at 11:42 PM
The real issue here is that people credulously believed that populism was leftism.
That's what this comes down to. A willingness to believe populist rhetoric over the actual evidence of a candidate's words and actions.
Some folks got fleeced, and, years later, refused to admit it.
That's what this comes down to. A willingness to believe populist rhetoric over the actual evidence of a candidate's words and actions.
Some folks got fleeced, and, years later, refused to admit it.
i've been thinking about this in re the coming program of delousing the federal government. in particular, i've been dwelling on the program of denazification pursued in west germany.
after victory, we committed to excluding all nazis from government. this... did not happen
after victory, we committed to excluding all nazis from government. this... did not happen
Garland's Broken (Capitol) Windows policy just made it entirely about the damage done by a bunch of chuds, not the role it played in trying to steal an election
February 5, 2026 at 11:45 PM
i've been thinking about this in re the coming program of delousing the federal government. in particular, i've been dwelling on the program of denazification pursued in west germany.
after victory, we committed to excluding all nazis from government. this... did not happen
after victory, we committed to excluding all nazis from government. this... did not happen
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raise your hand if you are not, in fact, in the Epstein files
February 5, 2026 at 10:25 PM
raise your hand if you are not, in fact, in the Epstein files
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This is historically inaccurate on two counts:
(1) In pre-Enlightenment Europe, only the aristocracy routinely married off teenage girls. Commoners generally married in their 20s.
(2) Few adults dropped dead in their 30s/40s. The life expectancy distribution was bimodal (early childhood and 60+).
(1) In pre-Enlightenment Europe, only the aristocracy routinely married off teenage girls. Commoners generally married in their 20s.
(2) Few adults dropped dead in their 30s/40s. The life expectancy distribution was bimodal (early childhood and 60+).
Don’t give me this talk about back in the day, girls got married and had babies at age 14 or 15. We aren’t back in the day, when people only lived to around 40 and had to have children as early as possible just to ensure their survival.
February 5, 2026 at 6:55 PM
This is historically inaccurate on two counts:
(1) In pre-Enlightenment Europe, only the aristocracy routinely married off teenage girls. Commoners generally married in their 20s.
(2) Few adults dropped dead in their 30s/40s. The life expectancy distribution was bimodal (early childhood and 60+).
(1) In pre-Enlightenment Europe, only the aristocracy routinely married off teenage girls. Commoners generally married in their 20s.
(2) Few adults dropped dead in their 30s/40s. The life expectancy distribution was bimodal (early childhood and 60+).
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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
![…
25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
…
30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
…
32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
… I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreiccqxmfncofjqinoveiqscwale2ox5xpiqt46veqjdh3jmimkrxhq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
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An American news institution is dead. Help build the next great newsroom.
At The Bulwark, we will always be honest and direct about this administration and what it’s doing to America. We will never back down. So ride with us @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/an-america...
At The Bulwark, we will always be honest and direct about this administration and what it’s doing to America. We will never back down. So ride with us @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/an-america...
An American news institution is dead. Help build the next great newsroom.
RIP the Washington Post. Killed by Lord Bezos.
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February 5, 2026 at 6:03 PM
An American news institution is dead. Help build the next great newsroom.
At The Bulwark, we will always be honest and direct about this administration and what it’s doing to America. We will never back down. So ride with us @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/an-america...
At The Bulwark, we will always be honest and direct about this administration and what it’s doing to America. We will never back down. So ride with us @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/an-america...
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it's extremely funny (in a cosmic sense) how that guy was like "yes marchini & stancil need to fear for their lives, I am completely serious", just in general, but particularly given apparently that's not a bannable offense on bluesky dot app.
more permissive mod policy than kiwifarms on here
more permissive mod policy than kiwifarms on here
February 4, 2026 at 10:00 PM
it's extremely funny (in a cosmic sense) how that guy was like "yes marchini & stancil need to fear for their lives, I am completely serious", just in general, but particularly given apparently that's not a bannable offense on bluesky dot app.
more permissive mod policy than kiwifarms on here
more permissive mod policy than kiwifarms on here
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so the conservative press is really trying to rehabilitate the reputation of, like, the yellow king of carcosa, huh
February 5, 2026 at 5:58 PM
so the conservative press is really trying to rehabilitate the reputation of, like, the yellow king of carcosa, huh
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These chuds try so hard to act like they don’t care what artists think while they’re fighting off tears. Every one of them desperately wants to be prestigious and it’s absolutely killing them that artists haven’t made a show of submission before MAGA, never mind a show of respect.
“While I also don’t look to many (. . .) artists to be experts or guideposts in fields like politics and economics, I also do not have any reason to view Michael Knowles, Megyn Kelly, or Jesse Kelly as any more insightful(. . .). That’s because they are not. They are entertainers themselves.”
None More Wonderful Than Man: Art, Artists, and MAGA’s Hollow View of Humanity
MAGA sees art as nothing more than a tool of self-aggrandizement, and artists as less than human.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:42 PM
These chuds try so hard to act like they don’t care what artists think while they’re fighting off tears. Every one of them desperately wants to be prestigious and it’s absolutely killing them that artists haven’t made a show of submission before MAGA, never mind a show of respect.
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This is why Trump is so relatable to them. He’s the king of loudly saying he’s not mad, it’s the haters who suck, while posting 1,000 times about it after said haters have moved on with their lives. www.liberalcurrents.com/none-more-wo...
None More Wonderful Than Man: Art, Artists, and MAGA’s Hollow View of Humanity
MAGA sees art as nothing more than a tool of self-aggrandizement, and artists as less than human.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:44 PM
This is why Trump is so relatable to them. He’s the king of loudly saying he’s not mad, it’s the haters who suck, while posting 1,000 times about it after said haters have moved on with their lives. www.liberalcurrents.com/none-more-wo...
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I've come to believe this applies to his rank-and-file cultists too.
They fetishize a toxic version of masculinity that they think demands they adhere to a code that disallows whining — and it's utterly cathartic and thrilling to them to see their Godhead Daddy constantly whining like a toddler.
They fetishize a toxic version of masculinity that they think demands they adhere to a code that disallows whining — and it's utterly cathartic and thrilling to them to see their Godhead Daddy constantly whining like a toddler.
This is why Trump is so relatable to them. He’s the king of loudly saying he’s not mad, it’s the haters who suck, while posting 1,000 times about it after said haters have moved on with their lives. www.liberalcurrents.com/none-more-wo...
None More Wonderful Than Man: Art, Artists, and MAGA’s Hollow View of Humanity
MAGA sees art as nothing more than a tool of self-aggrandizement, and artists as less than human.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:11 PM
I've come to believe this applies to his rank-and-file cultists too.
They fetishize a toxic version of masculinity that they think demands they adhere to a code that disallows whining — and it's utterly cathartic and thrilling to them to see their Godhead Daddy constantly whining like a toddler.
They fetishize a toxic version of masculinity that they think demands they adhere to a code that disallows whining — and it's utterly cathartic and thrilling to them to see their Godhead Daddy constantly whining like a toddler.
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i have compiled a complete list of savory dishes you can’t use fish sauce in:
February 5, 2026 at 12:19 AM
i have compiled a complete list of savory dishes you can’t use fish sauce in:
step 1: ban apartments
step 2: now everyone can afford to live in a spacious single family home with a yard and a garage close to school, work, and amenities
step 3: utopia :D
step 2: now everyone can afford to live in a spacious single family home with a yard and a garage close to school, work, and amenities
step 3: utopia :D
February 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
step 1: ban apartments
step 2: now everyone can afford to live in a spacious single family home with a yard and a garage close to school, work, and amenities
step 3: utopia :D
step 2: now everyone can afford to live in a spacious single family home with a yard and a garage close to school, work, and amenities
step 3: utopia :D
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Half the Answer #63: Trent and Caitlin talk to Chris Geidner of Law Dork about the absolute deluge of legal news that seems to be crashing over us like a tsunami. What are the current assaults on our constitutional rights? What are judges and lawmakers doing to defend those rights?
Half the Answer #63: SCOTUS, the Fourth Amendment, and the Resistance
Trent and Caitlin talk to Chris Geidner of Law Dork about the absolute deluge of legal news that seems to be crashing over us like a tsunami. What are the current assaults on our constitutional rights...
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Half the Answer #63: Trent and Caitlin talk to Chris Geidner of Law Dork about the absolute deluge of legal news that seems to be crashing over us like a tsunami. What are the current assaults on our constitutional rights? What are judges and lawmakers doing to defend those rights?
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There's no practical way for a labeler or blocklist to operate at the kind of scale that bsky demands without being an automated, algorithmic system; there's equally no way for one to operate without the maintainers getting mulched by the extremely vocal monstrous minority on this site.
February 5, 2026 at 12:17 AM
There's no practical way for a labeler or blocklist to operate at the kind of scale that bsky demands without being an automated, algorithmic system; there's equally no way for one to operate without the maintainers getting mulched by the extremely vocal monstrous minority on this site.
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New from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: Inside Dems' Plans to Beat Back Trump's Attacks on the Midterms.
Read The Opposition, only @thebulwark.com:
www.thebulwark.com/p/inside-dem...
Read The Opposition, only @thebulwark.com:
www.thebulwark.com/p/inside-dem...
Inside Dems’ Plans to Beat Back Trump’s Attacks on the Midterms
The party is taking concrete actions now to preempt the election meddling they know is coming.
www.thebulwark.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:23 AM
New from @lauren-egan.bsky.social: Inside Dems' Plans to Beat Back Trump's Attacks on the Midterms.
Read The Opposition, only @thebulwark.com:
www.thebulwark.com/p/inside-dem...
Read The Opposition, only @thebulwark.com:
www.thebulwark.com/p/inside-dem...
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>North Korea having troops on the ground
>>American tech companies shirking sanctions left and right
>>>China providing a bunch of money to kill Ukrainians
“But have you considered escalation?”
>>American tech companies shirking sanctions left and right
>>>China providing a bunch of money to kill Ukrainians
“But have you considered escalation?”
China is now “bankrolling” Russia’s war in Ukraine providing “60 per cent” of the funds needed by Moscow to continue fighting.
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/da5539f...
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/da5539f...
China bankrolling Putin’s war to gain advantage over West, MPs told
Beijing’s huge support for Russian aggression against Ukraine part of larger threatening posture, air marshal tells Commons committee
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 2:13 AM
>North Korea having troops on the ground
>>American tech companies shirking sanctions left and right
>>>China providing a bunch of money to kill Ukrainians
“But have you considered escalation?”
>>American tech companies shirking sanctions left and right
>>>China providing a bunch of money to kill Ukrainians
“But have you considered escalation?”
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I'm just a dumb engineer, I'm not a lawyer or politician; I don't know how to remedy all the ills of the world. But Dr. Hancox-Li here is speaking to me. This is what I want to hear more of from any politician who claims to want to fix the US.
the bolsheviks have remained a touchstone for a hundred years, because they were leftists, and they won.
how did they achieve this?
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-powerle...
how did they achieve this?
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-powerle...
From Powerlessness to Power
We will not achieve any of our ultimate goals without exercising state power, and the most effective way to take state power is through nonviolent but confrontational resistance.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:42 AM
I'm just a dumb engineer, I'm not a lawyer or politician; I don't know how to remedy all the ills of the world. But Dr. Hancox-Li here is speaking to me. This is what I want to hear more of from any politician who claims to want to fix the US.
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"By God I'll fight till hell freezes over, then I'll cut the ice and fight on."
“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
www.mprnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:32 PM
"By God I'll fight till hell freezes over, then I'll cut the ice and fight on."
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I’ve been using the CIA World Factbook online since I was a little kid. What a stupid, pointless desecration.
They closed the CIA World Factbook and deleted it entirely.
February 4, 2026 at 10:27 PM
I’ve been using the CIA World Factbook online since I was a little kid. What a stupid, pointless desecration.