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This year, is 2026. 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The MAGAs will absolutely want to own the narrative and define patriotrism in America.
Our Job: Don't let them.
Don't let them define American Values and American Ideals. . .
Our Job: Don't let them.
Don't let them define American Values and American Ideals. . .
@evanbernick.bsky.social Saw a thread you posted about ICE and the ridiculous notion some propose of reform.
I have a fundamental question about what even is the purpose of ICE. People seem to think it cannot be abolished, but if the point is to arrest real criminals who happen to be foreigners...
I have a fundamental question about what even is the purpose of ICE. People seem to think it cannot be abolished, but if the point is to arrest real criminals who happen to be foreigners...
February 5, 2026 at 4:09 AM
@evanbernick.bsky.social Saw a thread you posted about ICE and the ridiculous notion some propose of reform.
I have a fundamental question about what even is the purpose of ICE. People seem to think it cannot be abolished, but if the point is to arrest real criminals who happen to be foreigners...
I have a fundamental question about what even is the purpose of ICE. People seem to think it cannot be abolished, but if the point is to arrest real criminals who happen to be foreigners...
My heart goes out to Savannah Guthrie and her family, and I really hope they find her mom, alive and well. But this is exactly what ICE is putting many thousands of families through every day.
If you have sympathy for Guthrie, please care about people being abducted by ICE.
If you have sympathy for Guthrie, please care about people being abducted by ICE.
February 3, 2026 at 10:46 PM
My heart goes out to Savannah Guthrie and her family, and I really hope they find her mom, alive and well. But this is exactly what ICE is putting many thousands of families through every day.
If you have sympathy for Guthrie, please care about people being abducted by ICE.
If you have sympathy for Guthrie, please care about people being abducted by ICE.
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This year, is 2026. 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The MAGAs will absolutely want to own the narrative and define patriotrism in America.
Our Job: Don't let them.
Don't let them define American Values and American Ideals. . .
Our Job: Don't let them.
Don't let them define American Values and American Ideals. . .
January 4, 2026 at 5:22 PM
This year, is 2026. 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The MAGAs will absolutely want to own the narrative and define patriotrism in America.
Our Job: Don't let them.
Don't let them define American Values and American Ideals. . .
Our Job: Don't let them.
Don't let them define American Values and American Ideals. . .
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An Open Letter to the Postal Workers of the USA: On behalf of all Americans, I would like to encourage the US Postal Workers of America, IF President Trump tries to order the Post Office to stop delivery of mail ballots in ANY ELECTION, to go ON STRIKE and stop all mail service.
January 26, 2026 at 7:31 PM
An Open Letter to the Postal Workers of the USA: On behalf of all Americans, I would like to encourage the US Postal Workers of America, IF President Trump tries to order the Post Office to stop delivery of mail ballots in ANY ELECTION, to go ON STRIKE and stop all mail service.
@meidastouch.com
Donald Trump is now openly soliciting bribes from the undocumented, using ICE as extortion:
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Donald Trump is now openly soliciting bribes from the undocumented, using ICE as extortion:
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Sick Trump Fundraising Email Threatens ICE Will ‘Track You Down’
A bizarre fundraising email for President Donald Trump threatened to sic ICE on MAGA donors who do not respond to a survey confirming they are American citizens. The latest appeal for money from the N...
www.yahoo.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:57 PM
@meidastouch.com
Donald Trump is now openly soliciting bribes from the undocumented, using ICE as extortion:
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Donald Trump is now openly soliciting bribes from the undocumented, using ICE as extortion:
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Donald Trump is now openly soliciting bribes from undocumented immigrants using ICE as a means of extortion.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Sick Trump Fundraising Email Threatens ICE Will ‘Track You Down’
A bizarre fundraising email for President Donald Trump threatened to sic ICE on MAGA donors who do not respond to a survey confirming they are American citizens. The latest appeal for money from the N...
www.yahoo.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Donald Trump is now openly soliciting bribes from undocumented immigrants using ICE as a means of extortion.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
I don't see how this video changes anything at all? Why is this being discussed. Does someone think that because Pretti had already been engaged in protest previously, that it somehow justifies ICE shooting him?
abcnews.go.com/US/new-video...
abcnews.go.com/US/new-video...
New video appears to show Alex Pretti clashing with agents 11 days before fatal shooting
A newly emerged video appears to show Alex Pretti in a confrontation with federal agents 11 days before he was shot and killed in Minneapolis.
abcnews.go.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I don't see how this video changes anything at all? Why is this being discussed. Does someone think that because Pretti had already been engaged in protest previously, that it somehow justifies ICE shooting him?
abcnews.go.com/US/new-video...
abcnews.go.com/US/new-video...
An Open Letter to the Postal Workers of the USA: On behalf of all Americans, I would like to encourage the US Postal Workers of America, IF President Trump tries to order the Post Office to stop delivery of mail ballots in ANY ELECTION, to go ON STRIKE and stop all mail service.
January 26, 2026 at 7:31 PM
An Open Letter to the Postal Workers of the USA: On behalf of all Americans, I would like to encourage the US Postal Workers of America, IF President Trump tries to order the Post Office to stop delivery of mail ballots in ANY ELECTION, to go ON STRIKE and stop all mail service.
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"Employees have reportedly been reluctant to move to Nashville because of a potential ceiling on their future salaries due to the city being categorized in a lower geographic pay band than California, according to Bloomberg."
finance.yahoo.com/news/oracle-...
finance.yahoo.com/news/oracle-...
Oracle struggles to attract workers to Nashville ‘world HQ’—even with a 2-million-square-foot office and Larry Ellison’s favorite restaurant
Years after cofounder Larry Ellison declared Nashville its world headquarters, Oracle has added only a handful of workers.
finance.yahoo.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
"Employees have reportedly been reluctant to move to Nashville because of a potential ceiling on their future salaries due to the city being categorized in a lower geographic pay band than California, according to Bloomberg."
finance.yahoo.com/news/oracle-...
finance.yahoo.com/news/oracle-...
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21 y/o activist injured by ICE: I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. I can't sneeze or cough because it's dangerous to. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull.
This story is not getting enough attention.
This story is not getting enough attention.
January 16, 2026 at 12:43 AM
21 y/o activist injured by ICE: I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. I can't sneeze or cough because it's dangerous to. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull.
This story is not getting enough attention.
This story is not getting enough attention.
If you want to make Star Trek real, the place to start isn't with science or engineering. . . it's with integrity, kindness and collaboration. The rest will follow.
#StarTrek
#StarTrek
January 16, 2026 at 1:00 AM
If you want to make Star Trek real, the place to start isn't with science or engineering. . . it's with integrity, kindness and collaboration. The rest will follow.
#StarTrek
#StarTrek
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Why does the right get a monopoly on policing morality? They get to tell us that abortion is bad no matter what. That being transgender is bad no matter what.
But the second we say that murder is bad, there’s all of a sudden room for nuance and exceptions to the rule
But the second we say that murder is bad, there’s all of a sudden room for nuance and exceptions to the rule
As long as your morally reprehensible opinion is serving the end goal of a white, ChristIan ethnostate, the media will treat it as an equally reasonable American ideal.
You can never be too far right for your opinion to be on equal footing with anything left of center.
You can never be too far right for your opinion to be on equal footing with anything left of center.
Tony Dokoupil’s sign off last night on CBS Evening News.
January 9, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Why does the right get a monopoly on policing morality? They get to tell us that abortion is bad no matter what. That being transgender is bad no matter what.
But the second we say that murder is bad, there’s all of a sudden room for nuance and exceptions to the rule
But the second we say that murder is bad, there’s all of a sudden room for nuance and exceptions to the rule
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The Trump administration froze billions of dollars in child care assistance for nearly 340,000 children.
At a time when our child care system is already struggling, this will be a disaster for working parents and their kids.
This illegal order must be rescinded.
At a time when our child care system is already struggling, this will be a disaster for working parents and their kids.
This illegal order must be rescinded.
January 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM
The Trump administration froze billions of dollars in child care assistance for nearly 340,000 children.
At a time when our child care system is already struggling, this will be a disaster for working parents and their kids.
This illegal order must be rescinded.
At a time when our child care system is already struggling, this will be a disaster for working parents and their kids.
This illegal order must be rescinded.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but nations don't have the right to just TAKE other nations. If the US attacks and seizes Greenland, that is no different than Russia rolling tanks into Ukraine, or China invading Taiwan. It's pure evil.
It's going into your neighbors' house with a gun...
It's going into your neighbors' house with a gun...
January 9, 2026 at 11:47 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but nations don't have the right to just TAKE other nations. If the US attacks and seizes Greenland, that is no different than Russia rolling tanks into Ukraine, or China invading Taiwan. It's pure evil.
It's going into your neighbors' house with a gun...
It's going into your neighbors' house with a gun...
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NATO is a voluntary, mutually beneficial alliance, not a protection racket or extortion scheme.
If it’s forfeit land as tribute or no NATO, that effectively means no NATO.
The threat itself, even if not acted upon, undermines the trust and credibility that makes the alliance function.
If it’s forfeit land as tribute or no NATO, that effectively means no NATO.
The threat itself, even if not acted upon, undermines the trust and credibility that makes the alliance function.
January 9, 2026 at 11:39 PM
NATO is a voluntary, mutually beneficial alliance, not a protection racket or extortion scheme.
If it’s forfeit land as tribute or no NATO, that effectively means no NATO.
The threat itself, even if not acted upon, undermines the trust and credibility that makes the alliance function.
If it’s forfeit land as tribute or no NATO, that effectively means no NATO.
The threat itself, even if not acted upon, undermines the trust and credibility that makes the alliance function.
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Black folks are not being "mean" to you when we are truthful concerning the historical pathologies of your kinsmen...
Truth is the greatest love
Truth is the greatest love
January 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Black folks are not being "mean" to you when we are truthful concerning the historical pathologies of your kinsmen...
Truth is the greatest love
Truth is the greatest love
This year, is 2026. 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The MAGAs will absolutely want to own the narrative and define patriotrism in America.
Our Job: Don't let them.
Don't let them define American Values and American Ideals. . .
Our Job: Don't let them.
Don't let them define American Values and American Ideals. . .
January 4, 2026 at 5:22 PM
This year, is 2026. 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The MAGAs will absolutely want to own the narrative and define patriotrism in America.
Our Job: Don't let them.
Don't let them define American Values and American Ideals. . .
Our Job: Don't let them.
Don't let them define American Values and American Ideals. . .
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My ruthless terrorist organization ANTIFA will never apologize for never hurting anybody
December 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
My ruthless terrorist organization ANTIFA will never apologize for never hurting anybody
Let us all take a moment of silence today to remember the zeroes of people killed in Antifa Terror Attacks. NEVER FORGET!
December 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Let us all take a moment of silence today to remember the zeroes of people killed in Antifa Terror Attacks. NEVER FORGET!
This is why I refuse to do age verification on blue sky.
Online age verification isn't the same as a quick ID flash: it's surveillance. These systems collect your data and undermine your ability to anonymously access and discuss sensitive topics online. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Why Isn’t Online Age Verification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person?
This blog also appears in our Age Verification Resource Hub: our one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what age-gating laws actually do, what’s at stake, how to protect yourself, and why EFF
www.eff.org
December 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This is why I refuse to do age verification on blue sky.
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Sure does! Everybody point and laugh at the naked emperor.
December 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Sure does! Everybody point and laugh at the naked emperor.
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You should be embarrassed for writing this dreck. It’s not up to you to decide how much antiblackness Cinnabon customers should be forced to endure because you feel sorry for some dumb white broad who couldn’t keep her racist opinions to herself. Shame on you.
Stay in your lane.
Stay in your lane.
I wrote about why we should not celebrate someone losing their job, especially in today’s America, even when they’ve done terrible racist things.
Losing a job should also be harder and involve workers’ bodies not unilateral management decisions.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Losing a job should also be harder and involve workers’ bodies not unilateral management decisions.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
www.theatlantic.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
You should be embarrassed for writing this dreck. It’s not up to you to decide how much antiblackness Cinnabon customers should be forced to endure because you feel sorry for some dumb white broad who couldn’t keep her racist opinions to herself. Shame on you.
Stay in your lane.
Stay in your lane.
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It’s kind of incredible how little has been published about this guy and how little conservatives seem to care. Did people just forget these people were screeching for civil war when they thought he was a liberal?
Suspected Charlie Kirk assassin makes first in-person court appearance
The Utah man charged with killing Charlie Kirk made his first in-person court appearance Thursday as his attorneys pushed to further limit media access in the high-profile criminal case.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It’s kind of incredible how little has been published about this guy and how little conservatives seem to care. Did people just forget these people were screeching for civil war when they thought he was a liberal?