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Also, if we’re being blunt, the purpose of nonviolent resistance isn’t to avoid getting your ass kicked. It’s to dare them to kick your ass as brutally and publicly as possible.
January 29, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Also, if we’re being blunt, the purpose of nonviolent resistance isn’t to avoid getting your ass kicked. It’s to dare them to kick your ass as brutally and publicly as possible.
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"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
my increasingly curmudgeonly take is that we all, in fact, have responsibilities. politics isn't an arena for self-actualization. it's an arena for public service. this is as true of voters as it is of politicians.
Ps: a common refrain that you'll hear is that "you're saying the Dems can't be at fault, it's the voters, as if the voters owe something to politicians and not the other way around!"
Yes, actually, that's how the social contract of democracy works. Voters yet the government they work for. Or don't.
Yes, actually, that's how the social contract of democracy works. Voters yet the government they work for. Or don't.
January 29, 2026 at 5:30 PM
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
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the Democrats should announce that they will not renew any contracts with XAI, Palantir, Tesla, or SpaceX and bankrupt the fucking tech right. announce that you have the votes to ban crypto too.
New: Tesla 4th quarter profit plunges 61% year-over-year; annual profit down 46%
the brand damage:
-1 million lost vehicle sales, per study
-Declining revenue, profits, deliveries in 1st half of '25
-Lower total production/deliveries than '24
-Lost crown as world's leading EV seller
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the brand damage:
-1 million lost vehicle sales, per study
-Declining revenue, profits, deliveries in 1st half of '25
-Lower total production/deliveries than '24
-Lost crown as world's leading EV seller
wapo.st/3LYTef1
Tesla bet big on Elon Musk. His politics continue to haunt it.
Tesla struggles to regain its footing in the electric vehicle market, hindered by Elon Musk’s political activity, impacting its stock price and performance.
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January 28, 2026 at 10:40 PM
the Democrats should announce that they will not renew any contracts with XAI, Palantir, Tesla, or SpaceX and bankrupt the fucking tech right. announce that you have the votes to ban crypto too.
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hell you could even start this by offering a path to citizenship for graduates of US colleges, which could also be sold as “keeping american talent in america”
January 28, 2026 at 3:56 PM
hell you could even start this by offering a path to citizenship for graduates of US colleges, which could also be sold as “keeping american talent in america”
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100%. I honestly believe political leaders ask too little of people. The thinking is you need an extraordinarily low bar - so ask people for money or to sign something. People want to be part of something and they're eager to do real meaningful work in defense of their community and their rights.
I have begun to think that Minnesota pushback to ICE was unique and a model because it gave people something to do. It wasn’t about just going out in streets for rallying purposes. People had a mission: videos, whistles, information and communication flow to communities. They had something to do.
January 28, 2026 at 3:10 AM
100%. I honestly believe political leaders ask too little of people. The thinking is you need an extraordinarily low bar - so ask people for money or to sign something. People want to be part of something and they're eager to do real meaningful work in defense of their community and their rights.
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Right? Love the energy of "let's have a general strike" when we couldn't even master the concept of "let's have a general showing up for elections day"
You guys want to organize a general strike go ahead I’m with you but I have to say I really would have liked this passion and energy on 11/5/24 which was the FIRST BEST chance to stop all of this.
January 26, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Right? Love the energy of "let's have a general strike" when we couldn't even master the concept of "let's have a general showing up for elections day"
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One thing the regime has failed to learn from that is a common failure of other regimes attempting state capture is that if you create significant disruption in the day-to-day lives of people, they suddenly have both a lot of free time and identifiable reasons to rebel against you.
Middlecamp says school attendance fell below 50%.
Events are cancelled in a way likened to the COVID pandemic, she says.
Events are cancelled in a way likened to the COVID pandemic, she says.
January 26, 2026 at 3:39 PM
One thing the regime has failed to learn from that is a common failure of other regimes attempting state capture is that if you create significant disruption in the day-to-day lives of people, they suddenly have both a lot of free time and identifiable reasons to rebel against you.
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If this is what they do to white American citizens in front of everyone, imagine what happens to non-white people behind closed doors.
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
If this is what they do to white American citizens in front of everyone, imagine what happens to non-white people behind closed doors.
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The Republicans knew that ICE would be unpopular by this point, which is why they funded it years in advance. There is no way for the minority party to defund ICE at this point. There is no mechanism. The money is allocated
January 20, 2026 at 11:25 PM
The Republicans knew that ICE would be unpopular by this point, which is why they funded it years in advance. There is no way for the minority party to defund ICE at this point. There is no mechanism. The money is allocated
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Daddy party/mommy party is undefeated. "If I wasn't supposed to touch the blazing hot stove why did you merely scream at me every ten seconds "dont touch the stove! It's hot! you will get burned!!" instead of pulling it out of the wall and throwing it off the balcony??"
January 19, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Daddy party/mommy party is undefeated. "If I wasn't supposed to touch the blazing hot stove why did you merely scream at me every ten seconds "dont touch the stove! It's hot! you will get burned!!" instead of pulling it out of the wall and throwing it off the balcony??"
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it’s so funny when the media is like “why are libs cutting Trump voters out of their lives? clearly it’s the intolerant left!” when in reality we are just fed up by the dumbest most evil people we know speedrunning the destruction of our country in slavish devotion to the cult of a mad king
January 19, 2026 at 4:24 PM
it’s so funny when the media is like “why are libs cutting Trump voters out of their lives? clearly it’s the intolerant left!” when in reality we are just fed up by the dumbest most evil people we know speedrunning the destruction of our country in slavish devotion to the cult of a mad king
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Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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This is driving me crazy. Rogan did not call ICE the gestapo. He said he can see why people say that, after saying that Renee Good was crazy and he can see the other side of the argument that Somalians were being mass imported to rig elections and “hijack democracy.”
January 15, 2026 at 10:50 PM
This is driving me crazy. Rogan did not call ICE the gestapo. He said he can see why people say that, after saying that Renee Good was crazy and he can see the other side of the argument that Somalians were being mass imported to rig elections and “hijack democracy.”
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The Insurrection Act is not "martial law." It doesn't displace civilian law, it doesn't suspend habeas corpus, it doesn't alter or suspend state and local government, and it doesn't make anything newly illegal. It allows using the military to enforce existing law, it doesn't change what the law is.
January 15, 2026 at 7:16 PM
The Insurrection Act is not "martial law." It doesn't displace civilian law, it doesn't suspend habeas corpus, it doesn't alter or suspend state and local government, and it doesn't make anything newly illegal. It allows using the military to enforce existing law, it doesn't change what the law is.
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once again: the civil rights movement is worth studying not just because they were right, but because they won
www.liberalcurrents.com/how-to-win-a...
www.liberalcurrents.com/how-to-win-a...
January 15, 2026 at 5:09 PM
once again: the civil rights movement is worth studying not just because they were right, but because they won
www.liberalcurrents.com/how-to-win-a...
www.liberalcurrents.com/how-to-win-a...