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The Virginia Senate is wasting no time with calling for the removal of the last few "Confederate monuments and memorials from Capitol Square" in Richmond. 🗃️
January 23, 2026 at 12:35 PM
The Virginia Senate is wasting no time with calling for the removal of the last few "Confederate monuments and memorials from Capitol Square" in Richmond. 🗃️
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SNOW PREDICTED, oil on canvas
January 23, 2026 at 8:28 PM
SNOW PREDICTED, oil on canvas
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Arresting clergy at a protest is the regime taking the bait
As clergy pray, arrests begin
January 23, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Arresting clergy at a protest is the regime taking the bait
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The most valuable cultural myth we have is that we can improve ourselves.
It used to be in our public consciousness that this is what we strive to do. And have done before.
Better people turned their shame into action. Small people use their shame as an excuse for nihilism.
It used to be in our public consciousness that this is what we strive to do. And have done before.
Better people turned their shame into action. Small people use their shame as an excuse for nihilism.
January 23, 2026 at 1:53 PM
The most valuable cultural myth we have is that we can improve ourselves.
It used to be in our public consciousness that this is what we strive to do. And have done before.
Better people turned their shame into action. Small people use their shame as an excuse for nihilism.
It used to be in our public consciousness that this is what we strive to do. And have done before.
Better people turned their shame into action. Small people use their shame as an excuse for nihilism.
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one year since David Lynch passed, happy friday and RIP big dawg
January 16, 2026 at 10:06 AM
one year since David Lynch passed, happy friday and RIP big dawg
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terrific conversation with @whstancil.bsky.social about what's going on in his home minneapolis right now. at the end he puts it very bluntly: ICE is not an immigration agency that just needs some technocratic reforms. ICE is a terror agency operating under the fig leaf of immigration.
Neon Liberalism #60: Samantha and guest Will Stancil talk the murder of Renée Good and the Trump administration's larger assault on Minneapolis. Will is working with his neighborhood rapid reaction group in Minneapolis, and he recounts witnessing ICE abductions and confronting ICE agents.
Neon Liberalism #60: Minneapolis Under Siege
Samantha and guest Will Stancil talk the murder of Renée Good and the Trump administration's larger assault on Minneapolis. Will is on the front lines of monitoring ICE in Minneapolis, working with hi...
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:21 PM
terrific conversation with @whstancil.bsky.social about what's going on in his home minneapolis right now. at the end he puts it very bluntly: ICE is not an immigration agency that just needs some technocratic reforms. ICE is a terror agency operating under the fig leaf of immigration.
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Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Holy hell, what an obituary
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will stancil, welcome to the Circus
January 14, 2026 at 4:04 PM
will stancil, welcome to the Circus
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depressing but this increasingly just the lesson for every single servant and every aspect of american life
January 12, 2026 at 4:49 PM
depressing but this increasingly just the lesson for every single servant and every aspect of american life
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Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
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JPOW literally said
January 12, 2026 at 12:37 AM
JPOW literally said
Justice Dept is threatening to indict Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
Good evening. On Friday, the Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment related to my testi
www.federalreserve.gov
January 12, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Justice Dept is threatening to indict Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
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Finally some good news.
Ken Burns Announces New 10-Part ‘Mr. Biscuits’ Documentary After Adopting Cat
WALPOLE, NH—Revealing that the series would force Americans to rethink everything they thought they knew about the “cute little fuzzball,” filmmaker Ken Burns announced Friday the release of Mr. Biscu...
theonion.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Finally some good news.
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Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
January 9, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
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>watching the Fallout Season 2 writers maliciously destroying every single interesting thing about Fallout New Vegas
January 8, 2026 at 2:14 AM
>watching the Fallout Season 2 writers maliciously destroying every single interesting thing about Fallout New Vegas
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Tying the Bushidoliberal American flag around my head and taking a bottle of sake to the face as I prepare to meet the gods
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Tying the Bushidoliberal American flag around my head and taking a bottle of sake to the face as I prepare to meet the gods
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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People who fancy quoting the Melian Dialogue ("the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must") ignore the fact that Thucydides was clearly portraying this as the kind of hubris that squandered Athens' primacy and paved the way for a devastating peer war that it ultimately lost.
January 7, 2026 at 3:36 AM
People who fancy quoting the Melian Dialogue ("the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must") ignore the fact that Thucydides was clearly portraying this as the kind of hubris that squandered Athens' primacy and paved the way for a devastating peer war that it ultimately lost.