Borscht Belt Baron
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Your ideal of masculinity is a paragon of buffoonery. Chicago, food, general trivia. Trans rights are human rights, support your local mutual aid org.
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the triumphalist end-of-history liberal intellectual culture in america raised me on lines like this. behind every one is usually a horror story, but not poor old Tom Paine, who pissed off the founding fathers for being against slavery, the French National Assembly for being against the guillotine
we have it in our power to begin the world over again
January 27, 2026 at 4:25 AM
the triumphalist end-of-history liberal intellectual culture in america raised me on lines like this. behind every one is usually a horror story, but not poor old Tom Paine, who pissed off the founding fathers for being against slavery, the French National Assembly for being against the guillotine
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I’ll be following this developing story very closely
January 26, 2026 at 7:45 PM
I’ll be following this developing story very closely
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the pitch for Trump was "this insult comic rapist is a piece of shit but at least we're getting rid of the smirking pieties and pretexts" and JD Vance is like "did someone say smirking pieties and pretexts"
Trump is such a transparent asshole but there’s something so evil about how JD Vance hides incredibly callous politics behind that nauseating “well now good sir” faux civility.
January 26, 2026 at 4:36 PM
the pitch for Trump was "this insult comic rapist is a piece of shit but at least we're getting rid of the smirking pieties and pretexts" and JD Vance is like "did someone say smirking pieties and pretexts"
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The reason why they're still pressing ahead is not because they have some secret plan, but the pretty classic Umberto Eco fascist-folly - because of their ideology they are "constitutionally incapable of objectively evaluating the force of the enemy."
January 25, 2026 at 10:51 PM
The reason why they're still pressing ahead is not because they have some secret plan, but the pretty classic Umberto Eco fascist-folly - because of their ideology they are "constitutionally incapable of objectively evaluating the force of the enemy."
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The tsar must dismiss his ministry and recall the duma
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) on CNN: “I think the death of Americans, what we're seeing on TV, it's causing deep concerns over federal tactics and accountability. Americans don't like what they're seeing right now. … [Trump’s] getting bad advice right now.”
January 25, 2026 at 7:10 PM
The tsar must dismiss his ministry and recall the duma
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List of Republicans in Congress & governorships who have spoken out on the Trump-Vance admin's masked forces that have taken billions of tax dollars to kidnap and beat thousands of people & execute at least 2 Americans, including a VA nurse:
4/297
1.3%
4/297
1.3%
January 25, 2026 at 10:54 PM
List of Republicans in Congress & governorships who have spoken out on the Trump-Vance admin's masked forces that have taken billions of tax dollars to kidnap and beat thousands of people & execute at least 2 Americans, including a VA nurse:
4/297
1.3%
4/297
1.3%
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"Carpetbagger" and "scalawag" remained vocabulary words taught in US history because the Dunning School's Lost Cause ideology was able to demonize for over a century the notion that Reconstructionists were an externally imposed element, rather than new and old locals conspiring together.
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 3:21 PM
"Carpetbagger" and "scalawag" remained vocabulary words taught in US history because the Dunning School's Lost Cause ideology was able to demonize for over a century the notion that Reconstructionists were an externally imposed element, rather than new and old locals conspiring together.
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now - especially now - a reminder that we are going to win. and this is why
I attempted to go to an ICE patrol training here in LA this morning and they had to turn most of us away because of capacity issues and even as I was leaving I saw a ton more folks showing up
so that’s how well their attempts to scare everyone away are going, even in the face of murder
so that’s how well their attempts to scare everyone away are going, even in the face of murder
January 24, 2026 at 7:50 PM
now - especially now - a reminder that we are going to win. and this is why
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Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
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Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
How's your non-violent working Mr Gandhi stancil? They will kill each and everyone of you right if they had the chance and you will still be writing Kumbaya.
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
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We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC
You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...
www.nonviolent-conflict.org
January 24, 2026 at 7:54 PM
We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
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hey, good morning. or afternoon, depending on where you are.
this is a dark day. been other dark days too, lately.
don’t lose sight of the beauty around you and the many reasons you’re here on this earth.
we will get through this and there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.
this is a dark day. been other dark days too, lately.
don’t lose sight of the beauty around you and the many reasons you’re here on this earth.
we will get through this and there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.
January 24, 2026 at 5:04 PM
hey, good morning. or afternoon, depending on where you are.
this is a dark day. been other dark days too, lately.
don’t lose sight of the beauty around you and the many reasons you’re here on this earth.
we will get through this and there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.
this is a dark day. been other dark days too, lately.
don’t lose sight of the beauty around you and the many reasons you’re here on this earth.
we will get through this and there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.
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"What can Democrats actually do?"
- Vote against funding for ICE and DHS
- State that any ICE officers who commit crimes under Trump will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
- Encourage cities and states to refuse to cooperate with ICE
- Explain ICE is part of Trump's tyranny
- Vote against funding for ICE and DHS
- State that any ICE officers who commit crimes under Trump will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
- Encourage cities and states to refuse to cooperate with ICE
- Explain ICE is part of Trump's tyranny
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
"What can Democrats actually do?"
- Vote against funding for ICE and DHS
- State that any ICE officers who commit crimes under Trump will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
- Encourage cities and states to refuse to cooperate with ICE
- Explain ICE is part of Trump's tyranny
- Vote against funding for ICE and DHS
- State that any ICE officers who commit crimes under Trump will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
- Encourage cities and states to refuse to cooperate with ICE
- Explain ICE is part of Trump's tyranny
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The last few years have seen the largest wave of immigration in American history. All those images we carry in our heads about people arriving at Ellis Island — we just surpassed that. Crime went down. Real wages went up. This is a fake problem. Enough is enough.
January 24, 2026 at 4:36 PM
The last few years have seen the largest wave of immigration in American history. All those images we carry in our heads about people arriving at Ellis Island — we just surpassed that. Crime went down. Real wages went up. This is a fake problem. Enough is enough.
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Immigration is a fake problem. We have politicians on the one hand who want to use immigrants as scapegoats for our real ones and politicians on the other who are too cowardly to stand against them and tell the truth. That is the entire situation. Until that changes, people will continue to die.
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Immigration is a fake problem. We have politicians on the one hand who want to use immigrants as scapegoats for our real ones and politicians on the other who are too cowardly to stand against them and tell the truth. That is the entire situation. Until that changes, people will continue to die.
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This random online comment from 2018 remains one of the last half-century's most important works of political commentary. crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
January 24, 2026 at 5:42 PM
This random online comment from 2018 remains one of the last half-century's most important works of political commentary. crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
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The Republican position now appears to be that you have a constitutional right to openly carry a gun in public, unless you do so while expressing a view that the government dislikes, in which case the secret police can shoot you to death on the spot.
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The Republican position now appears to be that you have a constitutional right to openly carry a gun in public, unless you do so while expressing a view that the government dislikes, in which case the secret police can shoot you to death on the spot.
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"A West Side library is entering the fight against hunger and food insecurity with the opening of a food pantry — the first of its kind in the city."
Great idea.
Great idea.
Chicago Opens Its 1st Food Pantry Inside A Public Library
Legler Regional Library's food pantry will be open Thursdays and Sundays, offering protein, produce, dairy and other food items, as well as household items and toiletries.
blockclubchicago.org
January 23, 2026 at 8:15 PM
"A West Side library is entering the fight against hunger and food insecurity with the opening of a food pantry — the first of its kind in the city."
Great idea.
Great idea.
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Wow, massive crowds in downtown Minneapolis despite the cold
It’s -9 degrees in Minneapolis right now.
This is now Ground Zero of the resistance. Inspirational.
(📸 Max Nesterak)
This is now Ground Zero of the resistance. Inspirational.
(📸 Max Nesterak)
January 23, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Wow, massive crowds in downtown Minneapolis despite the cold
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I find it necessary these days to affirm the obvious because the descent into fascism is mostly a continuous, not discrete, process so here it goes:
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
ICE agents to begin checking documents at MSP airport, patrol jet bridges - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will begin checking documents of travelers and workers at MSP airport, with patrols inside jet bridges.
www.bizjournals.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I find it necessary these days to affirm the obvious because the descent into fascism is mostly a continuous, not discrete, process so here it goes:
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
This is my new favorite story about how america is a beautiful borg-ass nation.
We gotta keep fighting for it!! Sorry!!!
We gotta keep fighting for it!! Sorry!!!
This reminds me of one of my favorite stories. During a Javelin Thrust in Yuma one year, we brought two Navajo Code Talkers out to talk to the comm Marines about doing the job in WW2, get a brief on modern comm gear, and so we could ensure we still had Marines who could say they shook their hands.
I really dislike this leftie tendency to use all of the horrible crimes this country has committed as proof that the country is irredeemable, when the people who fought against it often did so *as Americans* because it implies they were a bunch of stupid fucking rubes
January 22, 2026 at 7:29 PM
This is my new favorite story about how america is a beautiful borg-ass nation.
We gotta keep fighting for it!! Sorry!!!
We gotta keep fighting for it!! Sorry!!!
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shout out to sarah mcbride & co
January 22, 2026 at 6:00 PM
shout out to sarah mcbride & co
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Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
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literally what the bill of rights was written to prevent but okay
“A sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional limits on government searches” is such mealy mouthed weasel worded bullshit. It is an open and shut violation of the fourth amendment.
January 21, 2026 at 10:03 PM
literally what the bill of rights was written to prevent but okay