Polly Springhorn (she/her)
@dubiouscandy.bsky.social
Composer/performer/improviser, visual artist, writer, M.Div student in Theology & Religious History.
"Unlike his predecessors, Trump does not even pretend that his imperialism serves any purpose nobler than American domination. And his vanity and stupidity leave him unable to imagine the costs that his unlawful occupations might entail."
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Trump’s not the first US president to fall in love with war. History shows where this is going | Peter Beinhart
In his fresh intoxication with global conquest, Trump is following an established pattern – one that promises disaster
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January 25, 2026 at 3:12 PM
"Unlike his predecessors, Trump does not even pretend that his imperialism serves any purpose nobler than American domination. And his vanity and stupidity leave him unable to imagine the costs that his unlawful occupations might entail."
#uspol
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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"In the wake of Pretti’s shooting, Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote to Minnesota governor Tim Walz to suggest he could 'bring back law and order to Minnesota' if he handed over the state’s voter rolls to the Department of Justice."
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January 24, 2026
This morning, on a street in Minneapolis, at least seven federal agents tackled and then shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse for the local VA hospital.
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January 25, 2026 at 2:45 PM
"In the wake of Pretti’s shooting, Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote to Minnesota governor Tim Walz to suggest he could 'bring back law and order to Minnesota' if he handed over the state’s voter rolls to the Department of Justice."
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January 24, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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The fact that the depth of these horrors aren’t obvious to everyone is an absolute moral crisis.
January 24, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The fact that the depth of these horrors aren’t obvious to everyone is an absolute moral crisis.
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Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
January 24, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
Good morning 🌞 🌵🦂
January 23, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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“No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.”
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January 21, 2026
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this morning, a visibly exhausted president of the United States of America rambled in angry free association in a speech before the world’s leaders.
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January 22, 2026 at 1:54 PM
“No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.”
#uspol
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Good morning 🌞 🌵🦂
January 21, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Good morning 🌞 🌵🦂
“Americans are so accustomed to this basically peaceful, prosperous, and open world that they tend to think it is the normal state of international affairs...They can’t imagine it unraveling, much less what that unraveling will mean for them.”
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January 20, 2026
World leaders are gathered at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, which is taking place from January 19 to January 23.
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January 21, 2026 at 1:25 PM
“Americans are so accustomed to this basically peaceful, prosperous, and open world that they tend to think it is the normal state of international affairs...They can’t imagine it unraveling, much less what that unraveling will mean for them.”
#uspol
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January 20, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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"Tonight Danish troops—the same troops who stood shoulder to shoulder with U.S. troops in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021—arrived in Greenland to defend the island from the United States of America."
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January 19, 2026
Late last night, Nick Schifrin of PBS NewsHour posted on social media that the staff of the U.S.
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January 20, 2026 at 1:47 PM
"Tonight Danish troops—the same troops who stood shoulder to shoulder with U.S. troops in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021—arrived in Greenland to defend the island from the United States of America."
#uspol
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January 19, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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He's a rapist, who thinks he's omnipotent. The fact that he's forcing himself on an entire country seems about right.
January 17, 2026 at 11:23 PM
He's a rapist, who thinks he's omnipotent. The fact that he's forcing himself on an entire country seems about right.
