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pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
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In the face of the Trump Administration’s cruelty and intimidation, Illinois is standing up for our people.
Today, we are once again taking Trump to court to hold his administration accountable for its unlawful tactics, unnecessary escalations, and flagrant abuses of power.
Today, we are once again taking Trump to court to hold his administration accountable for its unlawful tactics, unnecessary escalations, and flagrant abuses of power.
January 12, 2026 at 8:12 PM
In the face of the Trump Administration’s cruelty and intimidation, Illinois is standing up for our people.
Today, we are once again taking Trump to court to hold his administration accountable for its unlawful tactics, unnecessary escalations, and flagrant abuses of power.
Today, we are once again taking Trump to court to hold his administration accountable for its unlawful tactics, unnecessary escalations, and flagrant abuses of power.
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Hard times make strange bedfellows, but if Bill Kristol can support DSA, I can make a tactical alliance with Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
it's incredible how if you put this entire dialog into the Left Behind series, it would basically work, but instead it's just IRL MN
!["Sir! This is a warning!" the agent yelled as he punched the man's vehicle window. "Stop f—king following us! You are impeding operations! This is the United States federal government!"
"I live over here," the driver explained. "I got to get to my house."
"This is your warning!" the officer exclaimed.
"I serve the Lord; go to church," the resident replied.
"I will arrest you!" the officer threatened.
"Don't make a bad decision," another agent warned.
"I serve the Lord," the driver repeated. "Not a draft-dodging coward."
"Let these people go to church," the driver added. "Let these people serve the Lord and worship."
"You're not going to like the outcome of this, sir," the first officer said. "I guarantee that... Did you not learn from what just happened [when Renee Good was killed]?"
"Learn what?" the driver asked. "I serve the Lord, not a draft-dodging coward. I can't believe you'd take orders from a draft dodger."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreibjwvcxk2ptdafgbwfhk4rjalweyoz3d55gl72qhwhiudhu6aywcm@jpeg)
January 12, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Hard times make strange bedfellows, but if Bill Kristol can support DSA, I can make a tactical alliance with Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
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As the FBI tries to whitewash the murder of Renee Good, there's enough evidence out there for Minnesota to investigate on their own and pressure the feds, @ryanlcooper.com writes.
prospect.org/2026/01/12/i...
prospect.org/2026/01/12/i...
There Must Be Justice for Renee Good - The American Prospect
Minneapolis and Minnesota authorities can’t let the Trump regime suppress the truth. They can and should do their own investigation into the killing.
prospect.org
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
As the FBI tries to whitewash the murder of Renee Good, there's enough evidence out there for Minnesota to investigate on their own and pressure the feds, @ryanlcooper.com writes.
prospect.org/2026/01/12/i...
prospect.org/2026/01/12/i...
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We can either let the abuses of Donald Trump's administration become our new normal.
Or we can pursue real justice, accountability, and transparency.
Illinois has chosen our path — those who believe in the Constitution and the promise of America should join us in doing so.
Or we can pursue real justice, accountability, and transparency.
Illinois has chosen our path — those who believe in the Constitution and the promise of America should join us in doing so.
January 12, 2026 at 12:40 AM
We can either let the abuses of Donald Trump's administration become our new normal.
Or we can pursue real justice, accountability, and transparency.
Illinois has chosen our path — those who believe in the Constitution and the promise of America should join us in doing so.
Or we can pursue real justice, accountability, and transparency.
Illinois has chosen our path — those who believe in the Constitution and the promise of America should join us in doing so.
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There are many ways of course Congress could limit or regulate ICE. For example, a law could require approval of the mayor or local authorities for any deployment of ICE or CBP to any community.
January 11, 2026 at 7:34 PM
There are many ways of course Congress could limit or regulate ICE. For example, a law could require approval of the mayor or local authorities for any deployment of ICE or CBP to any community.
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There's a little truth that tends to get missed is that a shooting war starts with the US suffering its biggest losses in history in terms of captured troops and equipment. The interdependency works both ways.
January 11, 2026 at 6:55 PM
There's a little truth that tends to get missed is that a shooting war starts with the US suffering its biggest losses in history in terms of captured troops and equipment. The interdependency works both ways.
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you win by welcoming defectors and successful movements have welcomed people who defected from much worse
January 11, 2026 at 8:32 PM
you win by welcoming defectors and successful movements have welcomed people who defected from much worse
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Almost all the things people are demanding Dems do, they can simply do themselves.
But they will not.
Because they are afraid. Which is why they're lashing out at Dems instead of Republicans.
But they will not.
Because they are afraid. Which is why they're lashing out at Dems instead of Republicans.
January 11, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Almost all the things people are demanding Dems do, they can simply do themselves.
But they will not.
Because they are afraid. Which is why they're lashing out at Dems instead of Republicans.
But they will not.
Because they are afraid. Which is why they're lashing out at Dems instead of Republicans.
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Al Green has filed articles of impeachment 6 times since 2017, the last time being in December. None of these impeachment fetishists care to talk about that though cause those resolutions never went anywhere.
January 3, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Al Green has filed articles of impeachment 6 times since 2017, the last time being in December. None of these impeachment fetishists care to talk about that though cause those resolutions never went anywhere.
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The fact that Sliwa still is against the billionaires shows quite well how making them pay their fair share is great politics.
Real populism is far more effective against fake populism than staid talk about the status quo.
Real populism is far more effective against fake populism than staid talk about the status quo.
this is the most incredible interview i’ve ever read. the aei guy tries so hard to get sliwa to trash mamdani and he simply won’t. he also brings up flaco (rip) unprompted.
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
![How would you describe Mamdani's politics?
He's not a communist. People call him that. That's ridiculous. He is a democratic socialist. David Dinkins [New York mayor from 1990-93] was a democratic socialist. We've had a long history in New York City of socialism.
What's the biggest challenge Mamdani faces as mayor!
I don't think the Zohranistas totally understand the fiscal irresponsibility we just went through with the Adams years and how little money there's left.
There's not enough money to do all the things that Zohran wants to do.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ssxnmhdtz6le6nxu7jfhglz6/bafkreic7pxra6vmrjmqo4jmw4vdagiluj6xtkovqb3f4ex7fc55m7pzaxu@jpeg)
January 2, 2026 at 5:14 PM
The fact that Sliwa still is against the billionaires shows quite well how making them pay their fair share is great politics.
Real populism is far more effective against fake populism than staid talk about the status quo.
Real populism is far more effective against fake populism than staid talk about the status quo.
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Sorry, just to harp on this once again: Mamdani did not go negative against Dems, he even recommended *against* a primary challenge to a Dem Leader, he has not *once* gone negative against Dem Leadership despite some kerfuffles, and if you can't understand why he did all that, you're hopeless.
January 2, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Sorry, just to harp on this once again: Mamdani did not go negative against Dems, he even recommended *against* a primary challenge to a Dem Leader, he has not *once* gone negative against Dem Leadership despite some kerfuffles, and if you can't understand why he did all that, you're hopeless.
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As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:
Watching Bari Weiss Murder Investigative Journalism at CBS
Notes from someone who's withstood White House demands to stop an explosive story—and who once even had a 60 Minutes piece spiked
www.forever-wars.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:
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In the end, voting for the lesser evil is voting for less evil.
Not voting is saying that evil won't hurt me.
Not voting is saying that evil won't hurt me.
December 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
In the end, voting for the lesser evil is voting for less evil.
Not voting is saying that evil won't hurt me.
Not voting is saying that evil won't hurt me.
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🔥WOW— Sharyn Alfonsi to her @60Minutes colleagues: “Bari Weiss spiked it without a call to discuss… a political decision… we have effectively handed Trump a kill switch… we go from an investigative powerhouse to a STENOGRAPHER FOR THE STATE… corporate censorship…”
December 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
🔥WOW— Sharyn Alfonsi to her @60Minutes colleagues: “Bari Weiss spiked it without a call to discuss… a political decision… we have effectively handed Trump a kill switch… we go from an investigative powerhouse to a STENOGRAPHER FOR THE STATE… corporate censorship…”
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
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The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
www.foxnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of
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you can tell JD’s been stewing in Euro/UK/Canada immigration discourse too much because no American’s primary complaint about undocumented immigrants is that they contribute too little to housing supply. You hear it more in countries with more public housing & fewer immigrants in construction
December 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
you can tell JD’s been stewing in Euro/UK/Canada immigration discourse too much because no American’s primary complaint about undocumented immigrants is that they contribute too little to housing supply. You hear it more in countries with more public housing & fewer immigrants in construction
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If you’ve ever had cause to criticize the quality of a subordinate’s work and they respond by saying “but I’ve been working really hard!”, you’ve learned about their inherent incompetence. And know what it’s like to talk to Mike Johnson.
December 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If you’ve ever had cause to criticize the quality of a subordinate’s work and they respond by saying “but I’ve been working really hard!”, you’ve learned about their inherent incompetence. And know what it’s like to talk to Mike Johnson.
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The Trump regime thought Kilmar Abrego Garcia was an easy target. Few would care, and it’d show that the facts don’t matter.
Some pundits and consultants insisted his innocence was irrelevant, the volk had spoken, it’d be dumb to fight.
Both proven wrong. Cracked the mystique, strengthened spines.
Some pundits and consultants insisted his innocence was irrelevant, the volk had spoken, it’d be dumb to fight.
Both proven wrong. Cracked the mystique, strengthened spines.
i think you can make a pretty credible case that taking a stand on abrego garcia gave the administration its first high profile, high salience defeat
December 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Trump regime thought Kilmar Abrego Garcia was an easy target. Few would care, and it’d show that the facts don’t matter.
Some pundits and consultants insisted his innocence was irrelevant, the volk had spoken, it’d be dumb to fight.
Both proven wrong. Cracked the mystique, strengthened spines.
Some pundits and consultants insisted his innocence was irrelevant, the volk had spoken, it’d be dumb to fight.
Both proven wrong. Cracked the mystique, strengthened spines.
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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So the president was like “hey Indiana, help me cheat in the next election,” and Indiana was all “no thanks,” but then the president went “you better disenfranchise a bunch of your citizens or I’ll illegally withhold money to hurt you,” and the Indiana Senate went “in that case, an even bigger no.”
December 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
So the president was like “hey Indiana, help me cheat in the next election,” and Indiana was all “no thanks,” but then the president went “you better disenfranchise a bunch of your citizens or I’ll illegally withhold money to hurt you,” and the Indiana Senate went “in that case, an even bigger no.”
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No see if Dems had held out just a *little* longer Republicans would have abolished the filibuster & then used their newly minted powers to pass the bill that just failed, that among other awful things, would have banned trans-people from existing. Obviously a better outcome.
Yes, a much better outcome would have been to keep the government shut down indefinitely while planes fell out of the sky and the economy began to crash, that certainly is a simply scenario that it would be easy to manage
December 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
No see if Dems had held out just a *little* longer Republicans would have abolished the filibuster & then used their newly minted powers to pass the bill that just failed, that among other awful things, would have banned trans-people from existing. Obviously a better outcome.
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For a guy that a chunk of this website is still convinced is going to rig the midterms (or cancel them outright!), Trump sure does seem absolutely panicked about what the election is going to look like for him next year.
Trump threatening to pull all federal funding in Indiana if they don't pass the new map
December 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
For a guy that a chunk of this website is still convinced is going to rig the midterms (or cancel them outright!), Trump sure does seem absolutely panicked about what the election is going to look like for him next year.
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Operation Bluebird wants to relaunch “Twitter,” says Musk abandoned the name and logo arstechnica.com/information-...
Operation Bluebird wants to relaunch “Twitter,” says Musk abandoned the name and logo
“Abandonment” offers rare chance to reclaim one of tech’s most recognized brands.
arstechnica.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Operation Bluebird wants to relaunch “Twitter,” says Musk abandoned the name and logo arstechnica.com/information-...