Gene Rowzee
@generowzee.bsky.social
Moving from “Lawful” to “Chaotic Good” for as long as it takes. Disabled veteran, hunter/gatherer, former attorney, 35 Whelen enthusiast. Things happen slowly, then all at once. Loving the Alaska life!
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Gene Rowzee
@generowzee.bsky.social
· Mar 17
During WWII, sisters Truus & Freddie Oversteegen, & their friend Hannie Schaft, joined the Dutch resistance as assassins. They were most noted for the Nazis they lured to execution. The lesson? In the coming troubles, no lovers lane, theater, bar, NOT ANYWHERE should be safe for Nazis or their ilk.
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Thank you to the City of Philadelphia for suing the Trump administration after it removed an exhibit on slavery from Independence National Historical Park.
January 23, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Thank you to the City of Philadelphia for suing the Trump administration after it removed an exhibit on slavery from Independence National Historical Park.
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I suppose in the future what's happening now may become known as "The Battle of Minneapolis," but I think--hope--it's historic precisely because it's not that. Fascism wants a fight. Instead, Minneapolis's main response is mutual aid. Struggle, in a deeper sense of the term than fascism can imagine.
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I suppose in the future what's happening now may become known as "The Battle of Minneapolis," but I think--hope--it's historic precisely because it's not that. Fascism wants a fight. Instead, Minneapolis's main response is mutual aid. Struggle, in a deeper sense of the term than fascism can imagine.
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You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
January 23, 2026 at 2:57 AM
You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
The administration wants a U.S. population of 100 million “white” people (as they’ll define it). They don’t get there without diseases assisting the population reduction. Always remember their ultimate goal, Lebensraum (German for "living space"), and every action the take makes sense.
Totally predictable and also: Absolutely fucking bananas. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...
Rejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:33 PM
The administration wants a U.S. population of 100 million “white” people (as they’ll define it). They don’t get there without diseases assisting the population reduction. Always remember their ultimate goal, Lebensraum (German for "living space"), and every action the take makes sense.
“Dealing with.” Not caring for children or making the kidnapping less traumatic. “Dealing with.” ICEhole.
For some reason I get the impression Bovino’s picturing an Easy-Bake oven sitting next to an Auschwitz oven.
For some reason I get the impression Bovino’s picturing an Easy-Bake oven sitting next to an Auschwitz oven.
Bovino: "Here in the US Border Patrol, I will say unequivocally that we are experts in dealing with children"
January 23, 2026 at 7:57 PM
“Dealing with.” Not caring for children or making the kidnapping less traumatic. “Dealing with.” ICEhole.
For some reason I get the impression Bovino’s picturing an Easy-Bake oven sitting next to an Auschwitz oven.
For some reason I get the impression Bovino’s picturing an Easy-Bake oven sitting next to an Auschwitz oven.
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“I’m becoming radicalized,” [Rev James] Galasinski said, his voice rising. “I’m seeing our nation become more & more fascist before my eyes — I saw it. I saw it. I mean, demanding papers? I never thought I would live in a country like this.”
Galasinski a former @uuabq.bsky.social ministerial intern
Galasinski a former @uuabq.bsky.social ministerial intern
Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE
MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — The faith leaders, who hail from across the country and represent a range of religious traditions, deployed to neighborhoods with significant immigrant populations, where DHS agent...
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January 23, 2026 at 7:27 PM
“I’m becoming radicalized,” [Rev James] Galasinski said, his voice rising. “I’m seeing our nation become more & more fascist before my eyes — I saw it. I saw it. I mean, demanding papers? I never thought I would live in a country like this.”
Galasinski a former @uuabq.bsky.social ministerial intern
Galasinski a former @uuabq.bsky.social ministerial intern
Baffled? It makes perfect sense in trump-brain. It achieves the Russian goal of removing the U.S. from NATO, Greenland’s weak so he thinks it’s an easy win, and it makes the U.S. on his Mercator projection map look huge. All of this is upside in trump-brain.
In Elk Horn, Iowa, known as “Denmark on the Prairie," residents watch with concern as President Trump fixates on Greenland.
A tiny Danish American town loyal to Trump is baffled by his threats to take Greenland
In Elk Horn, Iowa, known as “Denmark on the Prairie," residents watched with concern as President Trump fixated on Greenland and disparaged one of America’s oldest allies.
nbcnews.to
January 23, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Baffled? It makes perfect sense in trump-brain. It achieves the Russian goal of removing the U.S. from NATO, Greenland’s weak so he thinks it’s an easy win, and it makes the U.S. on his Mercator projection map look huge. All of this is upside in trump-brain.
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As Republican Rep. Troy Nehls attempted to place blame for the January 6, 2021, riot on Capitol Police officials and not on President Donald Trump, former Washington, DC, police officer Michael Fanone — who was severely beaten by protestors that day — interrupted with a cough and a quick message.
‘F**k yourself’: Former MPD officer who was beaten during Jan. 6 riot tells GOP lawmaker | CNN Politics
As Republican Rep. Troy Nehls attempted to place blame for the January 6, 2021, riot on Capitol Police officials and not on President Donald Trump, former Washington, DC, police officer Michael Fanone...
www.cnn.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:32 AM
As Republican Rep. Troy Nehls attempted to place blame for the January 6, 2021, riot on Capitol Police officials and not on President Donald Trump, former Washington, DC, police officer Michael Fanone — who was severely beaten by protestors that day — interrupted with a cough and a quick message.
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Seems to me if the Supreme Court says a business can deny a cake to a person based on their deeply held beliefs, then a business can deny a bathroom to ICE goons.
January 23, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Seems to me if the Supreme Court says a business can deny a cake to a person based on their deeply held beliefs, then a business can deny a bathroom to ICE goons.
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Right-wing traveling propagandist Jack Posobiec is big mad that people are being alerted to what his face looks like and told to NOT INTERACT.
He's a manipulative crybully who profits from harming real communities. Recognize him and avoid him.
#hostilemediaMN #hostilemediaIL #hostilemediaPA
He's a manipulative crybully who profits from harming real communities. Recognize him and avoid him.
#hostilemediaMN #hostilemediaIL #hostilemediaPA
January 23, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Right-wing traveling propagandist Jack Posobiec is big mad that people are being alerted to what his face looks like and told to NOT INTERACT.
He's a manipulative crybully who profits from harming real communities. Recognize him and avoid him.
#hostilemediaMN #hostilemediaIL #hostilemediaPA
He's a manipulative crybully who profits from harming real communities. Recognize him and avoid him.
#hostilemediaMN #hostilemediaIL #hostilemediaPA
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not surprising and yet still jarring to read ex-FBI agents describing how Kash Patel and Bongino reacted to Charlie Kirk's murder while running the agency. truly the content creator administration/podcast govt www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 22, 2026 at 10:49 PM
not surprising and yet still jarring to read ex-FBI agents describing how Kash Patel and Bongino reacted to Charlie Kirk's murder while running the agency. truly the content creator administration/podcast govt www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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In Desert Shield/Storm 1990-91 we listened to BBC World Service. Seemed to provide more “news” than AFN, and BBC read The Hobbit several nights in Dec & Jan! All these tough dudes in my platoon, around sun down, putting on their LBEs & helmets & hoofing it to my M901 to hear what Bilbo was up to.
The ombudsman for Stars and Stripes, the deployed servicemember's paper of record, writes in its pages that the publication "is in peril of losing its editorial independence and becoming nothing more than a public relations arm of the Pentagon."
www.stripes.com/opinion/2026...
www.stripes.com/opinion/2026...
Pentagon wants a ‘refocus,’ but Stripes hasn’t wavered from its true mission
www.stripes.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:32 AM
In Desert Shield/Storm 1990-91 we listened to BBC World Service. Seemed to provide more “news” than AFN, and BBC read The Hobbit several nights in Dec & Jan! All these tough dudes in my platoon, around sun down, putting on their LBEs & helmets & hoofing it to my M901 to hear what Bilbo was up to.
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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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Can we please protect the children?
I remember being a kid and being told to go back to Africa. And that was before Trump. Kids right now have it so much worse. The cruelty is louder, more public, more sanctioned.
Shelter the little ones. No one deserves this treatment, but especially not them.
I remember being a kid and being told to go back to Africa. And that was before Trump. Kids right now have it so much worse. The cruelty is louder, more public, more sanctioned.
Shelter the little ones. No one deserves this treatment, but especially not them.
January 22, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Can we please protect the children?
I remember being a kid and being told to go back to Africa. And that was before Trump. Kids right now have it so much worse. The cruelty is louder, more public, more sanctioned.
Shelter the little ones. No one deserves this treatment, but especially not them.
I remember being a kid and being told to go back to Africa. And that was before Trump. Kids right now have it so much worse. The cruelty is louder, more public, more sanctioned.
Shelter the little ones. No one deserves this treatment, but especially not them.
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There is no difference. Would that be Irma Grese on the left?
January 22, 2026 at 11:01 AM
There is no difference. Would that be Irma Grese on the left?
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This is what the entire world sees. If you've ever wondered how Germans in the 1930s could have ever been so fucking stupid — you now have your answer. 😳👇
January 22, 2026 at 4:04 AM
This is what the entire world sees. If you've ever wondered how Germans in the 1930s could have ever been so fucking stupid — you now have your answer. 😳👇
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This has been the Fairbanks News-Miner's editorial page on most days this month.
Fairbanksans are pissed. We don't take kindly to fascists.
Fairbanksans are pissed. We don't take kindly to fascists.
January 22, 2026 at 4:31 AM
This has been the Fairbanks News-Miner's editorial page on most days this month.
Fairbanksans are pissed. We don't take kindly to fascists.
Fairbanksans are pissed. We don't take kindly to fascists.
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probably the sole reason this man isn't currently the attorney general of the united states is that at least some of his republican colleagues knew all of this and didn't tell anyone
The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
January 22, 2026 at 4:03 AM
probably the sole reason this man isn't currently the attorney general of the united states is that at least some of his republican colleagues knew all of this and didn't tell anyone
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Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
January 22, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
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There’s no point during the detention of a five-year-old that any person with a functioning moral center would not step back to reassess the situation and their place in it. That nobody involved did proves they lack the common interiority required to successfully coexist in ordered society.
January 22, 2026 at 3:36 AM
There’s no point during the detention of a five-year-old that any person with a functioning moral center would not step back to reassess the situation and their place in it. That nobody involved did proves they lack the common interiority required to successfully coexist in ordered society.
This is the kind of thing that makes me want to hop a plane with my 14 year old son and show him how real Americans respond to fascism.
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 4:26 AM
This is the kind of thing that makes me want to hop a plane with my 14 year old son and show him how real Americans respond to fascism.
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Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
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Immigration is a resonant theme of Jewish life in the U.S. So it’s no surprise about 100 rabbis are headed for Minneapolis to protest the ICE raids there. religionnews.com/2026/01/21/t...
US rabbis head to Minneapolis to join protests to counter ICE raids
(RNS) — At least 100 rabbis and other Jewish leaders are expected in Minneapolis on Thursday and Friday (Jan. 22-23) for massive coordinated action by clergy in response to violent Minneapolis ICE rai...
religionnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Immigration is a resonant theme of Jewish life in the U.S. So it’s no surprise about 100 rabbis are headed for Minneapolis to protest the ICE raids there. religionnews.com/2026/01/21/t...
I think there was a KGB brainstorming session in the bowels of Lubyanka 40 years ago that went something like this:
“We’ve tried everything to breakup NATO and undermine the West, EVERYTHING, but there’s no way to accomplish this goal!”
*Pause* “Have we tried letting them win?”
*Stunned silence*
“We’ve tried everything to breakup NATO and undermine the West, EVERYTHING, but there’s no way to accomplish this goal!”
*Pause* “Have we tried letting them win?”
*Stunned silence*
January 22, 2026 at 12:03 AM
I think there was a KGB brainstorming session in the bowels of Lubyanka 40 years ago that went something like this:
“We’ve tried everything to breakup NATO and undermine the West, EVERYTHING, but there’s no way to accomplish this goal!”
*Pause* “Have we tried letting them win?”
*Stunned silence*
“We’ve tried everything to breakup NATO and undermine the West, EVERYTHING, but there’s no way to accomplish this goal!”
*Pause* “Have we tried letting them win?”
*Stunned silence*