Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li
@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
associate editor at liberal currents. neonliberal. she/her.
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In my opinion these people are the real heroes of the resistance to ICE. There’s no credit, no one can talk about their work (because they directly contact vulnerable families). It’s expensive and dreary and neverending. ICE follows them around. But they refuse to abandon their neighbors
This is what one afternoon drop looks like for one (1) Minneapolis mutual aid distributor (read: random mom who wants to help families at her kids’ schools)
February 4, 2026 at 5:26 PM
In my opinion these people are the real heroes of the resistance to ICE. There’s no credit, no one can talk about their work (because they directly contact vulnerable families). It’s expensive and dreary and neverending. ICE follows them around. But they refuse to abandon their neighbors
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“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 3:45 PM
“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...
we do our best
February 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
we do our best
i will admit to being amused by the wit
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
i will admit to being amused by the wit
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Consider Target - they thought they were making a good business decision by axing all the Pride merch, getting rid of all the "woke" signifiers. But it turns out the market actually really likes that stuff and gets mad when you make a big deal of tossing it.
February 4, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Consider Target - they thought they were making a good business decision by axing all the Pride merch, getting rid of all the "woke" signifiers. But it turns out the market actually really likes that stuff and gets mad when you make a big deal of tossing it.
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People keep saying Bezos wrecked the Post on purpose but he could have just done that if he wanted to, no need to drag it out for years. I think he and his fellow traveler billionaires have thoroughly cooked their worldview and honestly believe there is a vast, silent, ignored right wing audience
February 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
People keep saying Bezos wrecked the Post on purpose but he could have just done that if he wanted to, no need to drag it out for years. I think he and his fellow traveler billionaires have thoroughly cooked their worldview and honestly believe there is a vast, silent, ignored right wing audience
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But whoever we get MUST tap into that rage and hatred before it turns into exhaustion and channel it into a reconstructive project or this only ends the bad way.
February 4, 2026 at 3:29 PM
But whoever we get MUST tap into that rage and hatred before it turns into exhaustion and channel it into a reconstructive project or this only ends the bad way.
stalin was an extremely bad guy but i don't think he was a fascist. he was a bolshevik at the top of a leninist party-state.
February 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM
stalin was an extremely bad guy but i don't think he was a fascist. he was a bolshevik at the top of a leninist party-state.
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damn now that's a good rejoinder
February 4, 2026 at 3:46 PM
damn now that's a good rejoinder
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MacKenzie Scott should publicly offer to buy Washington Post
February 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
MacKenzie Scott should publicly offer to buy Washington Post
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Ya that's a good strategy bsky.app/profile/lxtr...
How about "Do good things and then cut really slick tiktok/reels/yt short videos bragging about them"
February 4, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Ya that's a good strategy bsky.app/profile/lxtr...
i would simply exclude the inconvenient data from my dataset. why has no one tried this before
February 4, 2026 at 3:38 PM
i would simply exclude the inconvenient data from my dataset. why has no one tried this before
this confounds a lot of bad theories of fascism, which these theorists tend to resolve by either flatly ignoring japan or mostly just saying it was some secret third uniquely japanese thing that we don't need to theorize
February 4, 2026 at 3:31 PM
this confounds a lot of bad theories of fascism, which these theorists tend to resolve by either flatly ignoring japan or mostly just saying it was some secret third uniquely japanese thing that we don't need to theorize
i find the case of imperial japan completely fascinating, because it illustrates how you can have fascism "without a fuhrer." yes there was an emperor and he was involved, but he wasn't exactly dragging the country in that direction. it was fascism from the middle out
February 4, 2026 at 3:31 PM
i find the case of imperial japan completely fascinating, because it illustrates how you can have fascism "without a fuhrer." yes there was an emperor and he was involved, but he wasn't exactly dragging the country in that direction. it was fascism from the middle out
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There is no return to normalcy, but the beginning of a generational project to rebuild the United States into something else and ideally better.
In any other version of this, the detention centers become death camps and we find out just how hot the American Years of Lead will be.
In any other version of this, the detention centers become death camps and we find out just how hot the American Years of Lead will be.
February 4, 2026 at 3:26 PM
There is no return to normalcy, but the beginning of a generational project to rebuild the United States into something else and ideally better.
In any other version of this, the detention centers become death camps and we find out just how hot the American Years of Lead will be.
In any other version of this, the detention centers become death camps and we find out just how hot the American Years of Lead will be.
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For all the “drawdown” talk ICE continues to be all over Minneapolis. Feels endless
February 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
For all the “drawdown” talk ICE continues to be all over Minneapolis. Feels endless
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So don't buy a gun. You're not going to out-shoot BORTAC. You're not going to out-opsec the FBI. You're not facing a civilian paramilitary that operates at arm's length from the government. Armed insurgency is not a winning strategy for us.
Resistance is.
Elections are the people, speaking.
Resistance is.
Elections are the people, speaking.
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 4, 2026 at 3:01 AM
So don't buy a gun. You're not going to out-shoot BORTAC. You're not going to out-opsec the FBI. You're not facing a civilian paramilitary that operates at arm's length from the government. Armed insurgency is not a winning strategy for us.
Resistance is.
Elections are the people, speaking.
Resistance is.
Elections are the people, speaking.
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The Religious Right was worried about the gays meanwhile their leaders are pedophile rapists and their representatives having drug fueled orgies.
February 4, 2026 at 2:21 AM
The Religious Right was worried about the gays meanwhile their leaders are pedophile rapists and their representatives having drug fueled orgies.
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February 4, 2026 at 2:20 AM
based based based waow
there is only the open society and its enemies
February 4, 2026 at 2:08 AM
there is only the open society and its enemies
setec astromy.
February 4, 2026 at 2:03 AM
setec astromy.
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This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
February 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.