Branthwhaite
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"You're not ready for how much the rest of the world hates Americans" I live here man I'm extremely used to the concept of hating Americans
January 21, 2026 at 2:04 PM
"You're not ready for how much the rest of the world hates Americans" I live here man I'm extremely used to the concept of hating Americans
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seen at 38th & Hiawatha this morning
January 21, 2026 at 2:53 PM
seen at 38th & Hiawatha this morning
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The Furtmeyr Bible, 1465-1470 by Berthold Furtmeyr www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb0...
January 21, 2026 at 3:50 PM
The Furtmeyr Bible, 1465-1470 by Berthold Furtmeyr www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb0...
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fascinating to compare how Wall Street reacts to the possibility that a socialist might have some power somewhere versus how it reacts to the concrete reality of a literal madman tearing down the American-led post-WWII global order
January 20, 2026 at 4:49 PM
fascinating to compare how Wall Street reacts to the possibility that a socialist might have some power somewhere versus how it reacts to the concrete reality of a literal madman tearing down the American-led post-WWII global order
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I have come to despise cleverness in political messaging. No bon mots. No highlighting hypocrisy. I want leaders with the subtlety of an anvil
i feel like Americans don't get the level of eye-rolling this is getting from Europe
January 19, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I have come to despise cleverness in political messaging. No bon mots. No highlighting hypocrisy. I want leaders with the subtlety of an anvil
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taking trump seriously rn would be too damaging to a US in decline so the whole system is squirming to not look at him directly. press translating what he says to sound more sane, democrats just talking about eggs. he's too big to fail
January 19, 2026 at 1:03 PM
taking trump seriously rn would be too damaging to a US in decline so the whole system is squirming to not look at him directly. press translating what he says to sound more sane, democrats just talking about eggs. he's too big to fail
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These are the icy mountains of Pluto. It took 9 years to get these magnificent images… and 4.8 billion kilometers.
January 18, 2026 at 7:39 PM
These are the icy mountains of Pluto. It took 9 years to get these magnificent images… and 4.8 billion kilometers.
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He tried to read an elementary economics text; it bored him past endurance, it was like listening to somebody interminably recounting a long and stupid dream.
January 19, 2026 at 11:48 AM
He tried to read an elementary economics text; it bored him past endurance, it was like listening to somebody interminably recounting a long and stupid dream.
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Once again: newrepublic.com/article/1564...
January 19, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Once again: newrepublic.com/article/1564...
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hard not to notice that as trump's polls crater and gop gets crushed in election after election, news orgs are not racing around hiring progressive commenters and boasting about how they're reaching out to real americans by following the will of the volk.
January 18, 2026 at 5:58 AM
hard not to notice that as trump's polls crater and gop gets crushed in election after election, news orgs are not racing around hiring progressive commenters and boasting about how they're reaching out to real americans by following the will of the volk.
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The Burial of the Sardine (Corpus Christi Festival on Ash Wednesday) https://www.wikiart.org/en/francisco-goya/the-burial-of-the-sardine-corpus-christi-festival-on-ash-wednesday-1814
January 18, 2026 at 9:58 AM
The Burial of the Sardine (Corpus Christi Festival on Ash Wednesday) https://www.wikiart.org/en/francisco-goya/the-burial-of-the-sardine-corpus-christi-festival-on-ash-wednesday-1814
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"Which comes first...?" Paul Conrad, October 1973.
January 16, 2026 at 3:19 PM
"Which comes first...?" Paul Conrad, October 1973.
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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elected democrats who want their constituents to remain non-violent in their protests of these abuses must actually offer a path for ending the abuses non-violently. they currently are not as a party and it’s a major problem.
🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
January 15, 2026 at 11:07 PM
elected democrats who want their constituents to remain non-violent in their protests of these abuses must actually offer a path for ending the abuses non-violently. they currently are not as a party and it’s a major problem.
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if you try to focus on Trump’s authoritarianism, Schumer will deflect and say people want us to focus on affordability. but when Zohran Mamdani made affordability the heart of his campaign Schumer refused to endorse him because they disagree about Israel. it’s all mealy mouthed bullshit.
January 15, 2026 at 6:50 PM
if you try to focus on Trump’s authoritarianism, Schumer will deflect and say people want us to focus on affordability. but when Zohran Mamdani made affordability the heart of his campaign Schumer refused to endorse him because they disagree about Israel. it’s all mealy mouthed bullshit.
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the president has declared war on an american state and the leaders of the opposition wont shut the fuck up about retraining the stormtroopers
January 15, 2026 at 2:23 PM
the president has declared war on an american state and the leaders of the opposition wont shut the fuck up about retraining the stormtroopers
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NYT frame it as rural areas being the political underdog, while the power rests in the cities. The reality is that the federal gov which is currently rolling its muscles is the expression of the political will of rural areas, and they employ this violence against cities.
Stage 5 pundit-brain is watching an innocent woman being killed by agents of the state and going, "hmm this says a lot about the urban-rural divide in America."
January 15, 2026 at 3:03 PM
NYT frame it as rural areas being the political underdog, while the power rests in the cities. The reality is that the federal gov which is currently rolling its muscles is the expression of the political will of rural areas, and they employ this violence against cities.
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There is going to be a time when the ICE agents, without a shred of dignity, beg for mercy, just like the January 6th defendants, to a man, did, in pathetic, groveling terms.
January 15, 2026 at 7:45 AM
There is going to be a time when the ICE agents, without a shred of dignity, beg for mercy, just like the January 6th defendants, to a man, did, in pathetic, groveling terms.
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Minnesota is effectively in a 21st Century Bleeding Kansas situation
January 15, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Minnesota is effectively in a 21st Century Bleeding Kansas situation
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All of my political views and policy ideas have basically collapsed to "Punish the Villains" and I mumble it to myself every time I see a news article these days
August 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
All of my political views and policy ideas have basically collapsed to "Punish the Villains" and I mumble it to myself every time I see a news article these days
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Always fun to see a tweet that will someday be admissable evidence
January 14, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Always fun to see a tweet that will someday be admissable evidence
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Winter in the Woods, Nordstrand, 1899 by Edvard Munch
January 13, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Winter in the Woods, Nordstrand, 1899 by Edvard Munch
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the most important thing in 2028 is electing someone who is a true believer in the project of dismantling right-wing power. if you don't get that, then nothing else will matter very much.
January 12, 2026 at 11:12 PM
the most important thing in 2028 is electing someone who is a true believer in the project of dismantling right-wing power. if you don't get that, then nothing else will matter very much.