Andy Hansen
@catdroid.bsky.social
Self-employed IT Guy in Iowa. Yankees and Packers fan, despite the content of my skeets. Left of the DNC. Calmer than you are. www.andyhansenit.com
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We have an entire class of Democratic "leadership" that has been told that it's dangerous and extreme to say this, and that does not understand that what Democrats want is for their leaders to articulate what they believe and why they believe it. That should not be as big an ask as it apparently is.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 5:04 PM
We have an entire class of Democratic "leadership" that has been told that it's dangerous and extreme to say this, and that does not understand that what Democrats want is for their leaders to articulate what they believe and why they believe it. That should not be as big an ask as it apparently is.
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From the Iowa Capitol to the White House, our Republican representatives are not working for us! The world is asking "what is going on with the United States?" Call now and let them know how damaging their policies are. Hold them accountable.
January 20, 2026 at 6:19 PM
From the Iowa Capitol to the White House, our Republican representatives are not working for us! The world is asking "what is going on with the United States?" Call now and let them know how damaging their policies are. Hold them accountable.
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What he's describing is a violation of several Minnesota state laws! He should go out and do law enforcement!
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
What he's describing is a violation of several Minnesota state laws! He should go out and do law enforcement!
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During a short instrumental break in the middle of “Holiday,” Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong bellowed, “This song is anti-fascism. This song is anti-war. We stand up for our brothers and sisters in Minnesota.”
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
January 20, 2026 at 6:03 PM
During a short instrumental break in the middle of “Holiday,” Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong bellowed, “This song is anti-fascism. This song is anti-war. We stand up for our brothers and sisters in Minnesota.”
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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I fear for this country. Not because the president is a madman, but because the people who could stop him aren’t.
January 20, 2026 at 6:37 AM
I fear for this country. Not because the president is a madman, but because the people who could stop him aren’t.
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Patrick Bateman hasn't aged a day.
January 20, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Patrick Bateman hasn't aged a day.
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This is nuts.
World leaders are trying to do diplomacy. Trump is screenshotting and posting private messages from heads of state like it’s a gossip session.
World leaders are trying to do diplomacy. Trump is screenshotting and posting private messages from heads of state like it’s a gossip session.
January 20, 2026 at 1:32 PM
This is nuts.
World leaders are trying to do diplomacy. Trump is screenshotting and posting private messages from heads of state like it’s a gossip session.
World leaders are trying to do diplomacy. Trump is screenshotting and posting private messages from heads of state like it’s a gossip session.
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Trump is a megalomaniacal, criminal madman, he is the singular force that is destroying the entire world order and the whole American system, and rather than acknowledging him as a crisis, our institutions are still, STILL determined to relentlessly normalize him
January 20, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Trump is a megalomaniacal, criminal madman, he is the singular force that is destroying the entire world order and the whole American system, and rather than acknowledging him as a crisis, our institutions are still, STILL determined to relentlessly normalize him
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invading Switzerland after refusing to believe their claims that they have no power over the award of the Fifa Peace Prize
January 19, 2026 at 6:33 PM
invading Switzerland after refusing to believe their claims that they have no power over the award of the Fifa Peace Prize
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Trump trying to start a weird stupid war no one wants out of spite because he's mad about not getting a Nobel Peace Prize is dead center "gag you would leave in drafts because it is both too obvious and not funny." Obviously this is all bad but it is also just incredibly hack. What a way to go.
January 19, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Trump trying to start a weird stupid war no one wants out of spite because he's mad about not getting a Nobel Peace Prize is dead center "gag you would leave in drafts because it is both too obvious and not funny." Obviously this is all bad but it is also just incredibly hack. What a way to go.
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It's the Karen presidency. Everything going on is because one dumb old asshole didn't get his way and now it's everyone's problem
every single goddam crisis happening right now is self imposed
January 19, 2026 at 6:09 PM
It's the Karen presidency. Everything going on is because one dumb old asshole didn't get his way and now it's everyone's problem
The future libs want.
January 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
The future libs want.
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fwiw i think his obsession with the nobel prize is entirely about obama getting it (setting aside whether or not obama ought to have received it)
"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:31 PM
fwiw i think his obsession with the nobel prize is entirely about obama getting it (setting aside whether or not obama ought to have received it)
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The US is collapsing into fascism and going to war with Europe and the opposition party is like “I’m here to talk about the important thing: how your average grocery bill has risen by two dollars over the last year, which I also have no plan or ability to fix”
January 19, 2026 at 2:03 PM
The US is collapsing into fascism and going to war with Europe and the opposition party is like “I’m here to talk about the important thing: how your average grocery bill has risen by two dollars over the last year, which I also have no plan or ability to fix”
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I used the volunteer at homeless shelters were the residents worked up to 38 hours per week doing manual labor.
Many employers didn’t want them working 40 hours a week regularly, because then they’d have to offer benefits.
Many employers didn’t want them working 40 hours a week regularly, because then they’d have to offer benefits.
“The working homeless” is not a myth. They want us to be invisible so they don’t have to answer for what this capitalistic hellscape is doing to us all.
It’s real. We exist. We’re a growing class of people (which is why folks want to look away). And I’ll never be quiet about it.
It’s real. We exist. We’re a growing class of people (which is why folks want to look away). And I’ll never be quiet about it.
January 18, 2026 at 12:49 AM
I used the volunteer at homeless shelters were the residents worked up to 38 hours per week doing manual labor.
Many employers didn’t want them working 40 hours a week regularly, because then they’d have to offer benefits.
Many employers didn’t want them working 40 hours a week regularly, because then they’d have to offer benefits.
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Philip Rivers asleep in a bed while 14 kids run around playing and screaming. He's badly hungover. The phone rings. A Denver area code? He picks it up, his life about to change forever
January 18, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Philip Rivers asleep in a bed while 14 kids run around playing and screaming. He's badly hungover. The phone rings. A Denver area code? He picks it up, his life about to change forever
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if you scale 2026 down to a week, it’s not even 8am on the first day
January 18, 2026 at 3:06 AM
if you scale 2026 down to a week, it’s not even 8am on the first day
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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Of course he did, because it was a Star War that didn't feel like you were mashing some action figures together while making mouth noises
January 16, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Of course he did, because it was a Star War that didn't feel like you were mashing some action figures together while making mouth noises
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Trump joins a not-so-long list of people who have acquired someone else's Nobel medal, including... uh... Joseph Goebbels. www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
January 16, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Trump joins a not-so-long list of people who have acquired someone else's Nobel medal, including... uh... Joseph Goebbels. www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
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The Make-A-Wish President
Grinning like a 5-year old getting his participation trophy at the post-season T-ball pizza party.
January 16, 2026 at 2:28 AM
The Make-A-Wish President
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He looks like a 79-year-old Make-A-Wish kid
January 16, 2026 at 2:46 AM
He looks like a 79-year-old Make-A-Wish kid
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Ending unnecessary statements of fact with “for those of you that have a problem” is a banger, though:
The plastic end of a shoelace is called the aglet, for those of you that have a problem.
The plastic end of a shoelace is called the aglet, for those of you that have a problem.
This leads me to believe that up until this meeting, Trump absolutely thought it was "hole milk."
Trump: "It's actually a legal definition -- 'whole milk.' And it's whole with a W for those of you that have a problem."
January 15, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Ending unnecessary statements of fact with “for those of you that have a problem” is a banger, though:
The plastic end of a shoelace is called the aglet, for those of you that have a problem.
The plastic end of a shoelace is called the aglet, for those of you that have a problem.