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And as much as the losers on this website accuse me of dooming, I don’t think the fascist have anywhere close to the power for an organized suppression by intimidation and violence! The greater threat is being negotiated into an illegitimate power sharing agreement with them by our own opposition!
"let's wait on polling to see if americans like not having elections"
"it appears they've shot all the pollsters so it's probably fine"
"it appears they've shot all the pollsters so it's probably fine"
January 15, 2026 at 4:44 PM
And as much as the losers on this website accuse me of dooming, I don’t think the fascist have anywhere close to the power for an organized suppression by intimidation and violence! The greater threat is being negotiated into an illegitimate power sharing agreement with them by our own opposition!
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There's no remotely legal way to do something like this and practically speaking our decentralized election administration makes it very difficult to fuck with the process. But that doesn't mean he won't try.
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 4:18 PM
There's no remotely legal way to do something like this and practically speaking our decentralized election administration makes it very difficult to fuck with the process. But that doesn't mean he won't try.
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So they are redefining “peaceful protest” to exclude any mass activity.
Republican on CNN: You peacefully protest with a letter to the editor. You peacefully protest by starting a Substack or a podcast.
January 15, 2026 at 2:12 PM
So they are redefining “peaceful protest” to exclude any mass activity.
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at the end of the day, the problem is very simple and has been unchanged for a long time. if people recognized reality, they would have to do something about it.
McBride: Look, people are clutching their pearls at this guy yelling something at the president. They are more offended by a worker standing up to the president and calling him out for his hypocrisy than they are by the president trying to cover up for a human trafficking ring
January 15, 2026 at 3:40 AM
at the end of the day, the problem is very simple and has been unchanged for a long time. if people recognized reality, they would have to do something about it.
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Here's an idea, constrain the executive *before* they do something crazy. Congress was Article I for a reason
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), to Bloomberg TV:
“If there is military action against #Greenland, I will be one of the first people to file and co-sponsor a War Powers Resolution. It will pass.”
“If there is military action against #Greenland, I will be one of the first people to file and co-sponsor a War Powers Resolution. It will pass.”
January 15, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Here's an idea, constrain the executive *before* they do something crazy. Congress was Article I for a reason
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The House voted 341 to 79 to fund Trump's war-mongering foreign policy agenda.
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
January 14, 2026 at 11:48 PM
The House voted 341 to 79 to fund Trump's war-mongering foreign policy agenda.
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
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It will split the Republican Party, cost them the Senate, and no annexation measure will pass Congress.
US troops will be stranded there until the next POTUS withdraws them. NATO will be dead, but Trump will have gotten nothing for the effort.
It will be a catastrophe for both him and the nation.
US troops will be stranded there until the next POTUS withdraws them. NATO will be dead, but Trump will have gotten nothing for the effort.
It will be a catastrophe for both him and the nation.
If Trump invades Greenland, the Europeans won't fight back, Republicans will defend it, Democrats will issue statements, there will be protests, and most Americans will disapprove of it enough to earn Democrats a bit more of the vote in November. Then on to the next thing.
More than an attempted coup, where a mob tried to seize Congress on live television did? There's not going to be an implosion about anything. It's either a slow slide towards oblivion where everything gets incrementally worse as people try to live normally, or a slow grind in the opposite direction.
January 14, 2026 at 10:58 PM
It will split the Republican Party, cost them the Senate, and no annexation measure will pass Congress.
US troops will be stranded there until the next POTUS withdraws them. NATO will be dead, but Trump will have gotten nothing for the effort.
It will be a catastrophe for both him and the nation.
US troops will be stranded there until the next POTUS withdraws them. NATO will be dead, but Trump will have gotten nothing for the effort.
It will be a catastrophe for both him and the nation.
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#BREAKING Denmark's foreign minister said after talks with US officials in Washington that US President Donald Trump has a clear wish of 'conquering' Greenland.
January 14, 2026 at 7:33 PM
#BREAKING Denmark's foreign minister said after talks with US officials in Washington that US President Donald Trump has a clear wish of 'conquering' Greenland.
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That means their forces doing this instead of doing something better. It means they are having to plan to do this instead of doing something else. It means them thinking through scenarios where the US is an enemy, instead of thinking through scenarios where the US is an ally. These are costs *now*.
January 14, 2026 at 6:07 PM
That means their forces doing this instead of doing something better. It means they are having to plan to do this instead of doing something else. It means them thinking through scenarios where the US is an enemy, instead of thinking through scenarios where the US is an ally. These are costs *now*.
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Folks in the US still like to treat the whole Greenland invasion stuff as sufficiently unserious to engage with, but it is sufficiently serious that NATO allies are actively deploying tripwire forces to deter the US. That is *already* a political and actual cost to them, and to US relationships
January 14, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Folks in the US still like to treat the whole Greenland invasion stuff as sufficiently unserious to engage with, but it is sufficiently serious that NATO allies are actively deploying tripwire forces to deter the US. That is *already* a political and actual cost to them, and to US relationships
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The Pentagon says it chose an aircraft painted in civilian colors to carry out a lethal Sept. 2 strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean because the unit could be the quickest ready for the operation—not because it was trying to deceive the targets. It's still perfidy and a war crime.
Pentagon Defends Use of Aircraft Painted in Civilian Colors for Boat Strike
Lawmakers have questioned the legality of using the aircraft in an attack on an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean.
www.wsj.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:52 AM
The Pentagon says it chose an aircraft painted in civilian colors to carry out a lethal Sept. 2 strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean because the unit could be the quickest ready for the operation—not because it was trying to deceive the targets. It's still perfidy and a war crime.
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"Mister Defense Minister, will the Danish Army shoot guns if an opposing army shoots at it with guns to take our land?"
"Uh... Let me check Sun Tzu's Big Book of War and get back to you on that... *flips pages* Well, son of a bitch, I guess we are."
"Uh... Let me check Sun Tzu's Big Book of War and get back to you on that... *flips pages* Well, son of a bitch, I guess we are."
January 14, 2026 at 4:51 PM
"Mister Defense Minister, will the Danish Army shoot guns if an opposing army shoots at it with guns to take our land?"
"Uh... Let me check Sun Tzu's Big Book of War and get back to you on that... *flips pages* Well, son of a bitch, I guess we are."
"Uh... Let me check Sun Tzu's Big Book of War and get back to you on that... *flips pages* Well, son of a bitch, I guess we are."
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Great list of the events of the last half-week, it's a whole thread, not just this tweet, but very important to add to the list that the regime is currently holding three Lakota men hostage to attempt to force the Oglala Sioux tribe to enter into an agreement with ICE
In the last 4 days:
-- Elise Slotkin says she's being criminally investigated by DOJ
-- ICE illegally goes "door to door" in Minneapolis
-- FBI raids the home of a WP journalist
-- DHS illegally arrests, detains 100+ Somalians with legal refugee status
-- Elise Slotkin says she's being criminally investigated by DOJ
-- ICE illegally goes "door to door" in Minneapolis
-- FBI raids the home of a WP journalist
-- DHS illegally arrests, detains 100+ Somalians with legal refugee status
January 14, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Great list of the events of the last half-week, it's a whole thread, not just this tweet, but very important to add to the list that the regime is currently holding three Lakota men hostage to attempt to force the Oglala Sioux tribe to enter into an agreement with ICE
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Rape regime
Rep. Carlos Gimenez: "The United States has demonstrated to the people around the world that we can touch you anywhere at any time or our choosing"
January 14, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Rape regime
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Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
January 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
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ICE is holding Native Americans hostage
January 14, 2026 at 2:50 PM
ICE is holding Native Americans hostage
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Someone get this case in front of Gorsuch immediately
January 14, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Someone get this case in front of Gorsuch immediately
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They'll stick to an official line of not explicitly saying it, keep all the face-saving off ramps open, it can be spun as doing what he asked for. But this is an actual for-real military deployment in response to a fear of an American invasion. Soldiers to defend themselves from us, the rogue state.
Denmark is underway to move more troops to Greenland in cooperation with undisclosed allies.
Preparatory staff are in place to solve logistics for potential larger Danish forces.
Details are sparse but dr.dk reports that first plane landed 2 days ago.
Preparatory staff are in place to solve logistics for potential larger Danish forces.
Details are sparse but dr.dk reports that first plane landed 2 days ago.
January 14, 2026 at 12:22 PM
They'll stick to an official line of not explicitly saying it, keep all the face-saving off ramps open, it can be spun as doing what he asked for. But this is an actual for-real military deployment in response to a fear of an American invasion. Soldiers to defend themselves from us, the rogue state.
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This should underscore 1) how hated Vance is by the international community at large 2) that the Europeans are at last taking things seriously and 3) most of the Trump admin is actively unaware of how toxic their relationship with their partners is.
January 14, 2026 at 1:26 PM
This should underscore 1) how hated Vance is by the international community at large 2) that the Europeans are at last taking things seriously and 3) most of the Trump admin is actively unaware of how toxic their relationship with their partners is.
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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one of the smarter things that Miller has done is understand that personnel is policy, and by taking the federal law enforcement apparatus away from legitimate police work to odious but legal work you are attriting the people that non-fascists want in those places when the illegal orders come
January 12, 2026 at 11:02 PM
one of the smarter things that Miller has done is understand that personnel is policy, and by taking the federal law enforcement apparatus away from legitimate police work to odious but legal work you are attriting the people that non-fascists want in those places when the illegal orders come
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it's so cool that the GOP can turn "fixing their problems" into a political liability for us
January 12, 2026 at 3:28 AM
it's so cool that the GOP can turn "fixing their problems" into a political liability for us
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Im pretty skeptical that Republicans who are “against” action on Greenland won’t just fall in line
Venezuela polling update: Republicans fall in line on comparatively unpopular action
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January 11, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Im pretty skeptical that Republicans who are “against” action on Greenland won’t just fall in line