Larry Lurker
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Here for a bad time not a long time.
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Put another way: the default mode, the natural course of events, will be for all this to fade, just like Bush Jr.'s many crimes, in a haze of "look forward, not backward."
If you don't want that to happen, you need to be thinking now about how to put sand in the gears. You'll need a lot of sand.
If you don't want that to happen, you need to be thinking now about how to put sand in the gears. You'll need a lot of sand.
January 26, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Put another way: the default mode, the natural course of events, will be for all this to fade, just like Bush Jr.'s many crimes, in a haze of "look forward, not backward."
If you don't want that to happen, you need to be thinking now about how to put sand in the gears. You'll need a lot of sand.
If you don't want that to happen, you need to be thinking now about how to put sand in the gears. You'll need a lot of sand.
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House Democrats Draft Incredibly Powerful Social Media Post hard-drive.net/house-democr...
January 24, 2026 at 6:22 PM
House Democrats Draft Incredibly Powerful Social Media Post hard-drive.net/house-democr...
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“A pedophile cabal run by an orange guy from home alone 2 has taken over the US government and is using the the levers of power to enrich themselves while simultaneously destabilizing the current global order so that billionaire technocrats can bring about the coming of the antichrist via chatbots.
January 25, 2026 at 4:13 AM
“A pedophile cabal run by an orange guy from home alone 2 has taken over the US government and is using the the levers of power to enrich themselves while simultaneously destabilizing the current global order so that billionaire technocrats can bring about the coming of the antichrist via chatbots.
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When the CBP or ICE agent that Stephen Miller is trying to get killed dies, it is extremely important that every member of the media be told, repeatedly and loudly, that they wanted this and that people called it out in advance.
January 25, 2026 at 2:35 AM
When the CBP or ICE agent that Stephen Miller is trying to get killed dies, it is extremely important that every member of the media be told, repeatedly and loudly, that they wanted this and that people called it out in advance.
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This moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM
This moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
It's all white supremacy and greed.
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Reminder: If the Supreme Court upholds Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship, some of the ICE officers currently brutalizing Minnesotans may be reassigned to apprehend newborns from the hospital for immediate deportation. Just read the Trump administration’s own memo. slate.com/news-and-pol...
January 25, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Reminder: If the Supreme Court upholds Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship, some of the ICE officers currently brutalizing Minnesotans may be reassigned to apprehend newborns from the hospital for immediate deportation. Just read the Trump administration’s own memo. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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This would be a really good moment for Democrats to start acting more like a political party than a Ponzi scheme.
January 24, 2026 at 10:07 PM
This would be a really good moment for Democrats to start acting more like a political party than a Ponzi scheme.
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What we are watching is a paramilitary force learning that they can kill with impunity, that the regime will smear the victim and defend them. Unless politicians and the legal system exerts accountability, it will not stop. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
January 24, 2026 at 4:32 PM
What we are watching is a paramilitary force learning that they can kill with impunity, that the regime will smear the victim and defend them. Unless politicians and the legal system exerts accountability, it will not stop. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
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Tyranny
Nasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old US citizen, was arrested and detained by ICE. She was held for TWO DAYS.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
January 22, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Tyranny
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The Pentagon is drawing up plans to invade a US city
NEWS: Pentagon ordered active-duty soldiers with a military police unit in NC to prepare for possible deployment to Minneapolis, three people familiar told @ms.now
Prepare to deploy order was issued yesterday for at least a few hundred members of an Army military police brigade based at Fort Bragg
Prepare to deploy order was issued yesterday for at least a few hundred members of an Army military police brigade based at Fort Bragg
January 21, 2026 at 4:45 PM
The Pentagon is drawing up plans to invade a US city
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I can't believe what just happened.
There should be a rule that if you are a Known Sports Poster you can say things like “holy fucking shit” with zero context but if you are primarily a Known Politics Poster that gets you like a two day ban
January 20, 2026 at 11:47 PM
I can't believe what just happened.
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Whenever you see someone say "all it takes is a few Republicans to break with Trump" it's worth noting that even a retiring Senator who Trump openly hates cannot straightforwardly criticize him, even as he becomes increasingly unpopular. Republicans love Trump and we shouldn't pretend otherwise.
Tillis: "To be clear -- I'm not critical of the president. I'm critical of the bad advice he's getting on Greenland."
January 20, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Whenever you see someone say "all it takes is a few Republicans to break with Trump" it's worth noting that even a retiring Senator who Trump openly hates cannot straightforwardly criticize him, even as he becomes increasingly unpopular. Republicans love Trump and we shouldn't pretend otherwise.
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Drunk Bears Fan Grating Ram
January 19, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Drunk Bears Fan Grating Ram
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hard not to notice that as trump's polls crater and gop gets crushed in election after election, news orgs are not racing around hiring progressive commenters and boasting about how they're reaching out to real americans by following the will of the volk.
January 18, 2026 at 5:58 AM
hard not to notice that as trump's polls crater and gop gets crushed in election after election, news orgs are not racing around hiring progressive commenters and boasting about how they're reaching out to real americans by following the will of the volk.
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This is a transparent attempt to create a pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act.
One provision applies when a group of people "opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws." And when it's (allegedly) the state itself...
One provision applies when a group of people "opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws." And when it's (allegedly) the state itself...
Trump escalates his attack on Minnesota Democrats as Justice Department launches a criminal investigation into Gov Walz and Mayor Frey apparently on the theory that their objections to ICE amount to illegal interference, sources tell @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation into impeding law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:33 PM
This is a transparent attempt to create a pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act.
One provision applies when a group of people "opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws." And when it's (allegedly) the state itself...
One provision applies when a group of people "opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws." And when it's (allegedly) the state itself...
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Please don't ask me why my brain works like this, because I don't have an answer
January 16, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Please don't ask me why my brain works like this, because I don't have an answer
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the most concerning aspect of Charles Schumer's rhetoric isn't "messaging" (although, yeah, the messaging is weak), it's that his rhetoric signals that his practical leadership would be weak if Democrats retake the senate majority
January 15, 2026 at 4:18 PM
the most concerning aspect of Charles Schumer's rhetoric isn't "messaging" (although, yeah, the messaging is weak), it's that his rhetoric signals that his practical leadership would be weak if Democrats retake the senate majority
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since we no longer have working federal regulators states will all rush to to step in and fill the void
at which point the same people and companies responsible for destroying the federal regulatory state will whine about "an inconsistent patchwork of state enforcement" they created
at which point the same people and companies responsible for destroying the federal regulatory state will whine about "an inconsistent patchwork of state enforcement" they created
California AG Rob Bonta launches an investigation into xAI over the proliferation of nonconsensual, sexualized images generated by Grok (Politico)
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Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
January 15, 2026 at 12:21 PM
since we no longer have working federal regulators states will all rush to to step in and fill the void
at which point the same people and companies responsible for destroying the federal regulatory state will whine about "an inconsistent patchwork of state enforcement" they created
at which point the same people and companies responsible for destroying the federal regulatory state will whine about "an inconsistent patchwork of state enforcement" they created
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They aren't specialists in violence they're just dicks the government gave badges to, don't mythologize being a thug because you're scared of loud noises
It’s worth considering that an overnight dismantling of ICE in 2029 would release into the wild a whole herd of specialists in violence with scant other marketable skills.
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 AM
They aren't specialists in violence they're just dicks the government gave badges to, don't mythologize being a thug because you're scared of loud noises
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Ghost plates / patch swapping / mission-specific identities = covert ops / secret police
Another vehicle opened. Back was full of license plates, gear, various fed patches.
January 15, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Ghost plates / patch swapping / mission-specific identities = covert ops / secret police
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Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
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New video shows ICE agents detaining a US citizen legal observer in Minneapolis.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
January 13, 2026 at 4:21 PM
New video shows ICE agents detaining a US citizen legal observer in Minneapolis.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.