A.L.P. Hawg
@alphawg.bsky.social
Ohioan/occasional New Mexican.
Former newspaper reporter.
Big nerd.
Former newspaper reporter.
Big nerd.
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All I have ever heard about every news story from Bill Clinton to drag shows is “it’s awful, parents have to explain this to their children, why can’t we just let kids be kids?”
Now an entire classroom is going to go home to parents trying to explain why their five year friend was taken by the govt
Now an entire classroom is going to go home to parents trying to explain why their five year friend was taken by the govt
Liam is one of four Columbia Heights, MN school district students who have been taken by ICE in the last two weeks, the school district said. Liam's teacher: “He is so kind and loving, and his classmates miss him. He ... just brightens the room. All I want is for him to be back here and safe.”
January 22, 2026 at 3:41 AM
All I have ever heard about every news story from Bill Clinton to drag shows is “it’s awful, parents have to explain this to their children, why can’t we just let kids be kids?”
Now an entire classroom is going to go home to parents trying to explain why their five year friend was taken by the govt
Now an entire classroom is going to go home to parents trying to explain why their five year friend was taken by the govt
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Agents of the state paid and empowered by us used this baby as bait to capture his parents and then sent him alone down to a prison in Texas.
His name is Liam and he is five.
His name is Liam and he is five.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 22, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Agents of the state paid and empowered by us used this baby as bait to capture his parents and then sent him alone down to a prison in Texas.
His name is Liam and he is five.
His name is Liam and he is five.
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The ICE administrative warrant memo gives its officers authority greater than the general warrants used by the English that the 4th Amendment was designed to prevent. It allows law enforcement to enter homes based on "warrants" that they themselves approve, removing any external check.
January 21, 2026 at 10:47 PM
The ICE administrative warrant memo gives its officers authority greater than the general warrants used by the English that the 4th Amendment was designed to prevent. It allows law enforcement to enter homes based on "warrants" that they themselves approve, removing any external check.
The absolute restraint being displayed by these people is incredible. We all know what happens if/when the violence is reciprocated - the administration is counting on it. These people are incredibly strong.
look what they’re doing to my beautiful city. this is bovino’s massive armed convoy, rolling through the Wedge, one of the nicest, friendliest residential areas in Minneapolis, doing nothing but posturing, starting fights, and then deploying chemical weapons at a park many children play in
January 21, 2026 at 10:12 PM
The absolute restraint being displayed by these people is incredible. We all know what happens if/when the violence is reciprocated - the administration is counting on it. These people are incredibly strong.
They are radicalizing the entire country with this shit.
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:52 PM
They are radicalizing the entire country with this shit.
Con... consu...
Consummated????
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Consummated????
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President Trump will not be imposing tariffs "for #Greenland":⤵️
January 21, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Con... consu...
Consummated????
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Consummated????
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He should be arrested and extradited to Denmark for illegal violations of longstanding treaties. This is sickening.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: “The size of Denmark’s investment in U.S. Treasury bonds, like Denmark itself, is irrelevant.”
January 21, 2026 at 1:06 PM
He should be arrested and extradited to Denmark for illegal violations of longstanding treaties. This is sickening.
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school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
January 20, 2026 at 4:10 PM
school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
lol
lmfao, even
lmfao, even
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 6:01 PM
lol
lmfao, even
lmfao, even
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Good Tsar! Bad Boyars!
Tillis: "To be clear -- I'm not critical of the president. I'm critical of the bad advice he's getting on Greenland."
January 20, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Good Tsar! Bad Boyars!
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I cannot express how it makes me feel to see my Minneapolis neighbors living every day in the line of fire, risking injury, imprisonment, and death at the hands of a tyrant, while these soft, empty suits prance around at Davos and hope that if they pretend hard enough he’ll go away.
January 20, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I cannot express how it makes me feel to see my Minneapolis neighbors living every day in the line of fire, risking injury, imprisonment, and death at the hands of a tyrant, while these soft, empty suits prance around at Davos and hope that if they pretend hard enough he’ll go away.
Brexit was one of the opening battles - what's happening in the US right now is an even bigger battle, but I personally do not believe it's the biggest we'll face.
If the US splinters & one "side" aligns with right-wing, pro-RU European parties, then we will see the war.
Just my opinion.
If the US splinters & one "side" aligns with right-wing, pro-RU European parties, then we will see the war.
Just my opinion.
We just visibly are not a country where either the public or the political class has clocked that every couple of months a member of the defence establishment goes 'there is a war going on and we are, at present, losing'.
January 20, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Brexit was one of the opening battles - what's happening in the US right now is an even bigger battle, but I personally do not believe it's the biggest we'll face.
If the US splinters & one "side" aligns with right-wing, pro-RU European parties, then we will see the war.
Just my opinion.
If the US splinters & one "side" aligns with right-wing, pro-RU European parties, then we will see the war.
Just my opinion.
Not a god damn word about NATO. What are they so fucking afraid of??
One year since his inauguration, it’s still Trump first, America last.
From protecting pedophiles and giving massive tax breaks to billionaires, to destroying our economy while profiting off the presidency, Trump has done nothing to make life better for the American people.
From protecting pedophiles and giving massive tax breaks to billionaires, to destroying our economy while profiting off the presidency, Trump has done nothing to make life better for the American people.
January 20, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Not a god damn word about NATO. What are they so fucking afraid of??
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people are dying in ICE custody because their concentration camps are like concentration camps always are
I’ve been writing Popular Information for 8 years, and this is one of the most important stories I’ve ever published. This is a humanitarian crisis that has gone unreported.
ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 2:20 PM
people are dying in ICE custody because their concentration camps are like concentration camps always are
Well, that should solve it
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Net-Approval For Taking Greenland By Force:
🔴 All: -72%
🔴 Democrats: -94%
🔴 Independents: -80%
🔴 Republicans: -40%
🔴 Black: -86%
🔴 White: -70%
🔴 Hispanic: -66%
🔴 Women: -78%
🔴 Men: -66%
YouGov / Jan 16, 2026
🔴 All: -72%
🔴 Democrats: -94%
🔴 Independents: -80%
🔴 Republicans: -40%
🔴 Black: -86%
🔴 White: -70%
🔴 Hispanic: -66%
🔴 Women: -78%
🔴 Men: -66%
YouGov / Jan 16, 2026
January 20, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Well, that should solve it
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Half the United States has been begging world leaders to stop kissing Trump's ass and protecting him from his own insanity for nearly a decade now.
I think a big part of the disconnect here is that a lot of Yanks are surprised that the rest of the world is just now realizing things are as batshit as they are.
like i feel like Yanks do not get how utterly batshit the moment we are currently in is
January 19, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Half the United States has been begging world leaders to stop kissing Trump's ass and protecting him from his own insanity for nearly a decade now.
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I think a good strategy for your non-leftist social media presence (ie everywhere but here) is to give this photo - the remains of Danish soldiers returning in coffins after being killed in America's war in Afghanistan - as wide an audience as possible. Remind people who we're betraying
January 19, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I think a good strategy for your non-leftist social media presence (ie everywhere but here) is to give this photo - the remains of Danish soldiers returning in coffins after being killed in America's war in Afghanistan - as wide an audience as possible. Remind people who we're betraying
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i don't really mean that in an optimistic sense, i mean in a literal sense, some of the reporting has said that trump asked JSOC to put together a plan and they have straight up told him "no, that would be illegal", and his response is what you'd expect from him, specifically, being told no
January 19, 2026 at 8:52 PM
i don't really mean that in an optimistic sense, i mean in a literal sense, some of the reporting has said that trump asked JSOC to put together a plan and they have straight up told him "no, that would be illegal", and his response is what you'd expect from him, specifically, being told no
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fwiw, i think part of the reason that trump's in such a hysterical panic about greenland is because he's been told behind closed doors that this is a line he cannot cross by people who can actually enforce that.
it's not, like, ha-ha funny, but one of the funnier things about trump's greenland obsession is that it might be the one thing trump is doing that unites almost every single bloc in the republican coalition — against him. everyone hates this shit, everywhere.
January 19, 2026 at 8:49 PM
fwiw, i think part of the reason that trump's in such a hysterical panic about greenland is because he's been told behind closed doors that this is a line he cannot cross by people who can actually enforce that.
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I think Brett Kavanaugh should be marched around in -24 degrees F in this outfit. Once a week. Forever.
Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
January 19, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I think Brett Kavanaugh should be marched around in -24 degrees F in this outfit. Once a week. Forever.
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You know, as someone who did grad school work on Arctic warfare, reformed DoD policy and readiness on the Arctic on the hill, and even advised OSD on Arctic policy matters….the Arctic is supposed to be the place where all of NATO is in firmest agreement. To call this insanity is to undersell it.
January 19, 2026 at 3:21 PM
You know, as someone who did grad school work on Arctic warfare, reformed DoD policy and readiness on the Arctic on the hill, and even advised OSD on Arctic policy matters….the Arctic is supposed to be the place where all of NATO is in firmest agreement. To call this insanity is to undersell it.
"I had hoped for solidarity but I suppose I'll have to settle for sneering condescension instead."
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I am not here for Europeans telling me Americans don't know how crazy things are. The Nazis are killing people over here at the moment so we're busy but thanks for the input. I had hoped for solidarity but I suppose I'll have to settle for sneering condescension instead.
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
"I had hoped for solidarity but I suppose I'll have to settle for sneering condescension instead."
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Trade wars are about causing and enduring pain.
The US can do the former, but the public has absolutely no appetite for the latter over an issue as clearly invented as Greenland.
This is the kind of stunt you can try at 58% Presidential approval and on an issue the public supports. This ain't it.
The US can do the former, but the public has absolutely no appetite for the latter over an issue as clearly invented as Greenland.
This is the kind of stunt you can try at 58% Presidential approval and on an issue the public supports. This ain't it.
January 19, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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Oh my god, yes.
And they're still pulling the classic "ignore our own problems and blame them all on the US" gambit. Let's see how that goes for them in their upcoming elections...
And they're still pulling the classic "ignore our own problems and blame them all on the US" gambit. Let's see how that goes for them in their upcoming elections...
Thanks to all the Europeans who have learned from American media to blame the American Left no matter what the problem is, you guys rule
January 19, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Oh my god, yes.
And they're still pulling the classic "ignore our own problems and blame them all on the US" gambit. Let's see how that goes for them in their upcoming elections...
And they're still pulling the classic "ignore our own problems and blame them all on the US" gambit. Let's see how that goes for them in their upcoming elections...