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"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
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"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
Dispatch from the occupation
What life is like in Minneapolis now
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:49 PM
New at Can We Still Govern?
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
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"Please stop existing where we decide to be."
Because if you just happen to be near where they stop to operate - just as a bystander, or you live there - and are harmed by it, you're automatically at fault.
Because if you just happen to be near where they stop to operate - just as a bystander, or you live there - and are harmed by it, you're automatically at fault.
The actual story is that a family of American citizens trying to evacuate from a neighborhood that ICE had made unsafe, and then ICE tossed munitions into the car, causing three kids to be hospitalized and a six month old to stop breathing. DHS called the family “radical agitators”
January 16, 2026 at 6:53 PM
"Please stop existing where we decide to be."
Because if you just happen to be near where they stop to operate - just as a bystander, or you live there - and are harmed by it, you're automatically at fault.
Because if you just happen to be near where they stop to operate - just as a bystander, or you live there - and are harmed by it, you're automatically at fault.
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The actual story is that a family of American citizens trying to evacuate from a neighborhood that ICE had made unsafe, and then ICE tossed munitions into the car, causing three kids to be hospitalized and a six month old to stop breathing. DHS called the family “radical agitators”
January 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The actual story is that a family of American citizens trying to evacuate from a neighborhood that ICE had made unsafe, and then ICE tossed munitions into the car, causing three kids to be hospitalized and a six month old to stop breathing. DHS called the family “radical agitators”
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What a beautiful person. Note that in contrast Peter Thiel's father worked FOR the South Africa nuclear program, and "Four of Maga’s most influential voices are fiftysomething white men with formative experiences in apartheid South Africa" More here... www.ft.com/content/cfbf...
January 15, 2026 at 8:20 PM
What a beautiful person. Note that in contrast Peter Thiel's father worked FOR the South Africa nuclear program, and "Four of Maga’s most influential voices are fiftysomething white men with formative experiences in apartheid South Africa" More here... www.ft.com/content/cfbf...
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Part of the game is reforming the system such that the exploits the right depends on no longer exist. Part is real accountability.
And part is solidifying cultural narratives ensuring future generations know the right is the wrong side of history—and losers.
Demoralizing fascists is essential.
And part is solidifying cultural narratives ensuring future generations know the right is the wrong side of history—and losers.
Demoralizing fascists is essential.
January 15, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Part of the game is reforming the system such that the exploits the right depends on no longer exist. Part is real accountability.
And part is solidifying cultural narratives ensuring future generations know the right is the wrong side of history—and losers.
Demoralizing fascists is essential.
And part is solidifying cultural narratives ensuring future generations know the right is the wrong side of history—and losers.
Demoralizing fascists is essential.
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“ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do” played over video of ICE engaging in acts of violence should be the wall to wall DNC media strategy right now
Mike Johnson comes out against additional guardrails on ICE as Democrats call for it.
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
January 15, 2026 at 12:47 AM
“ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do” played over video of ICE engaging in acts of violence should be the wall to wall DNC media strategy right now
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If you see one, the most important thing to say is “WHAT’S YOUR NAME” because otherwise the person is gone for good, maybe. I witnessed one in an alley as the sole pursuit car, I was the only witness, I froze for a second and didn’t shout it in time, and the guy is just… gone now. I’ll never know.
January 14, 2026 at 2:38 PM
If you see one, the most important thing to say is “WHAT’S YOUR NAME” because otherwise the person is gone for good, maybe. I witnessed one in an alley as the sole pursuit car, I was the only witness, I froze for a second and didn’t shout it in time, and the guy is just… gone now. I’ll never know.
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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Because he is, in effect, a nullity, because there's nothing to him, because he is transparent, it follows that anyone who sees content, sees depth, is capable of being surprised, is *projecting*.
This is why Trump is useful & somewhat fascinating: he is a blank canvas upon which people project.
This is why Trump is useful & somewhat fascinating: he is a blank canvas upon which people project.
December 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Because he is, in effect, a nullity, because there's nothing to him, because he is transparent, it follows that anyone who sees content, sees depth, is capable of being surprised, is *projecting*.
This is why Trump is useful & somewhat fascinating: he is a blank canvas upon which people project.
This is why Trump is useful & somewhat fascinating: he is a blank canvas upon which people project.
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i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.
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We are truly in the dumbest timeline.
'Mr. Rubio said that switching back to the use of Times New Roman would “restore decorum and professionalism to the department’s written work.”'
'Mr. Rubio said that switching back to the use of Times New Roman would “restore decorum and professionalism to the department’s written work.”'
At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
We are truly in the dumbest timeline.
'Mr. Rubio said that switching back to the use of Times New Roman would “restore decorum and professionalism to the department’s written work.”'
'Mr. Rubio said that switching back to the use of Times New Roman would “restore decorum and professionalism to the department’s written work.”'
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"Before You" is a short film (15 mins, available at link) that follows a couple dealing with the grief of ending a complicated planned pregnancy. The film has been selected by several Oscar-qualifying festivals.
‘Before You’ Filmmaker Lauren Melinda Talks The Importance Of Destigmatizing Women’s Healthcare & Collaborating With Planned Parenthood
Flimmaker Lauren Melinda talks to Deadline about Simbelle Productions and her latest short film 'Before You'
deadline.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
"Before You" is a short film (15 mins, available at link) that follows a couple dealing with the grief of ending a complicated planned pregnancy. The film has been selected by several Oscar-qualifying festivals.
"Make the Court fear the people" is exactly the right way to frame this. That's the slogan, y'all.
The Supreme Court is completely compromised with right-wing hacks who have been groomed by billionaires and white Christian nationalists.
It's time for fighters to emerge and embrace accountability, reform and EXPANDING THE COURT.
Make the Court fear the people.
It's time for fighters to emerge and embrace accountability, reform and EXPANDING THE COURT.
Make the Court fear the people.
December 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"Make the Court fear the people" is exactly the right way to frame this. That's the slogan, y'all.
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"Individual liberty" is when conservatives decide everything. Their concept of liberty is just domination, not freedom to do what they want, but freedom to force everyone else to do what they want. bsky.app/profile/donm...
The only way to assure individual liberty is to hand unprecedented governmental power to the guy engaged in blatant democratic backsliding
Kavanaugh: Broad delegations to unaccountable agencies are dangerous for individual liberty! We have used the major questions doctrine to prevent agencies from overreaching.
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Individual liberty" is when conservatives decide everything. Their concept of liberty is just domination, not freedom to do what they want, but freedom to force everyone else to do what they want. bsky.app/profile/donm...
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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This week's @runforsomething.net feel-good update: A deep-dive into our 43 (!!) red-to-blue flips, including trends we identified & what's scalable to everywhere in 2026 & beyond. rfsfeelgoodupdates.substack.com/p/rfs-feel-g...
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This week's @runforsomething.net feel-good update: A deep-dive into our 43 (!!) red-to-blue flips, including trends we identified & what's scalable to everywhere in 2026 & beyond. rfsfeelgoodupdates.substack.com/p/rfs-feel-g...
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It is amazing that, under the surface of all the dogshit news this year, there have been groundbreaking medical breakthroughs happening as well that deserver more attention.
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It is amazing that, under the surface of all the dogshit news this year, there have been groundbreaking medical breakthroughs happening as well that deserver more attention.
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a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
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Yep. Some go into journalism to have access to power, to be power's handmaiden & PR. Others go into journalism to question & illuminate the operation of power & how some norms/systems hurt the powerless. Wolff just 1 of many examples showing--again--the former is very common& usu far more lucrative.
Aside from every other repulsive thing about these Epstein emails, they offer direct confirmation of Michael Wolff as one of the sketchiest creeps in a teeming universe of gross behavior
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Yep. Some go into journalism to have access to power, to be power's handmaiden & PR. Others go into journalism to question & illuminate the operation of power & how some norms/systems hurt the powerless. Wolff just 1 of many examples showing--again--the former is very common& usu far more lucrative.
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I can only imagine that people are still using gmail out of convenience or they don't know about alternatives.
Now is the time, folks. Check out Proton Mail and all of their other privacy related apps, including an encrypted Drive replacement.
Abandon Google. The price for convenience is too high.
Now is the time, folks. Check out Proton Mail and all of their other privacy related apps, including an encrypted Drive replacement.
Abandon Google. The price for convenience is too high.
Google has now admitted that they will tap into users' personal data within Gmail and Drive in order for their upcoming AI search to "be more helpful".
For years, Google has advertised their services as "encrypted" and "secure", which begs the question: are they really?
1/5 🧵
For years, Google has advertised their services as "encrypted" and "secure", which begs the question: are they really?
1/5 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I can only imagine that people are still using gmail out of convenience or they don't know about alternatives.
Now is the time, folks. Check out Proton Mail and all of their other privacy related apps, including an encrypted Drive replacement.
Abandon Google. The price for convenience is too high.
Now is the time, folks. Check out Proton Mail and all of their other privacy related apps, including an encrypted Drive replacement.
Abandon Google. The price for convenience is too high.
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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This is ever so good and a look into a pressing current topic, which is what drives elite scientists into unscientific reactionary politics
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This is ever so good and a look into a pressing current topic, which is what drives elite scientists into unscientific reactionary politics
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They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
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They really stuck the landing on this one.
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
They really stuck the landing on this one.