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The “General strike” isn’t a fantasy anymore. From coordinated walkouts to recent mass strikes, the groundwork is already here—and even Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is talking about it.
@alexhan.bsky.social on why we may be closer than we think.
@alexhan.bsky.social on why we may be closer than we think.
Maybe a General Strike Isn’t So Impossible Now
At first glance it sounds impossible — but a strategic look back at the coordinated strikes and militancy of the past two decades shows we might be much closer than we think.
inthesetimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:42 PM
The “General strike” isn’t a fantasy anymore. From coordinated walkouts to recent mass strikes, the groundwork is already here—and even Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is talking about it.
@alexhan.bsky.social on why we may be closer than we think.
@alexhan.bsky.social on why we may be closer than we think.
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look what they’re doing to my beautiful city. this is bovino’s massive armed convoy, rolling through the Wedge, one of the nicest, friendliest residential areas in Minneapolis, doing nothing but posturing, starting fights, and then deploying chemical weapons at a park many children play in
January 21, 2026 at 10:05 PM
look what they’re doing to my beautiful city. this is bovino’s massive armed convoy, rolling through the Wedge, one of the nicest, friendliest residential areas in Minneapolis, doing nothing but posturing, starting fights, and then deploying chemical weapons at a park many children play in
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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1/21/2026 - Minneapolis
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
January 21, 2026 at 8:42 PM
1/21/2026 - Minneapolis
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
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An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:18 PM
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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🧵ICE abducts Mainers in Portland, Maine the morning of January 21, 2026.
January 21, 2026 at 4:32 PM
🧵ICE abducts Mainers in Portland, Maine the morning of January 21, 2026.
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Censoring his opponents
Watch authoritarianism work
Watch authoritarianism work
January 21, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Censoring his opponents
Watch authoritarianism work
Watch authoritarianism work
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MAYOR FREY: “I never thought in a million years we would be invaded by our own federal government… That may be what happens in other countries, but it doesn’t happen here.”
January 21, 2026 at 4:57 PM
MAYOR FREY: “I never thought in a million years we would be invaded by our own federal government… That may be what happens in other countries, but it doesn’t happen here.”
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New poll showing most Americans think the U.S. is out of control under Trump. There’s a link to the actual data if you want to see the details. There’s a lot to read in here!
71 percent of Americans say US is "out of control" under Trump
The picture from the polling data was not positive for the president even among voter groups favorable to him.
www.newsweek.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:24 PM
New poll showing most Americans think the U.S. is out of control under Trump. There’s a link to the actual data if you want to see the details. There’s a lot to read in here!
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lol wow theonion.com/nation-yearn...
Nation Yearns For Relative Calm Of ‘President A Giant Pedophile’ News Cycle
WASHINGTON—Expressing deep fondness for those long-gone halcyon days, the U.S. population collectively yearned Tuesday for the relative calm of the “president is a giant pedophile” news cycle. “It was...
theonion.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:19 PM
lol wow theonion.com/nation-yearn...
Guitar is the easiest instrument to play badly
Commentary: All I Ever Wanted Is To Be A Musician And For Music To Be Easy
All I Ever Wanted Is To Be A Musician And For Music To Be Easy
At my age, most people have given up on their dreams. They go to college, settle down, get steady careers. Pretty soon, they’ve spent so much time on the corporate money-go-round they can’t even remem...
bit.ly
January 20, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Guitar is the easiest instrument to play badly
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Commentary: All I Ever Wanted Is To Be A Musician And For Music To Be Easy
All I Ever Wanted Is To Be A Musician And For Music To Be Easy
At my age, most people have given up on their dreams. They go to college, settle down, get steady careers. Pretty soon, they’ve spent so much time on the corporate money-go-round they can’t even remem...
bit.ly
January 20, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Commentary: All I Ever Wanted Is To Be A Musician And For Music To Be Easy
12-year-old me was so crushed when the original show was canceled. The frustration of watching Ralph never being able to control his powers was sublime--an invaluable life lesson.
🎶BELIEVE IT OR NOT 🎶
In related news HOLY SMOKES I JUST DISCOVERED THIS
January 20, 2026 at 12:02 AM
12-year-old me was so crushed when the original show was canceled. The frustration of watching Ralph never being able to control his powers was sublime--an invaluable life lesson.
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🚨"I'm a nurse...my brown patients are choosing to stop chemo because they do not want to be abducted." -ICE protester tells JT Cestkowski about sick Minnesotans foregoing cancer treatment because of ICE terror. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 19, 2026 at 11:12 PM
🚨"I'm a nurse...my brown patients are choosing to stop chemo because they do not want to be abducted." -ICE protester tells JT Cestkowski about sick Minnesotans foregoing cancer treatment because of ICE terror. LIVE NOW ⬇️
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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
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Sunday, at least 7 ICE agents stormed a house and took an elderly man out into the freezing cold, wearing only his underwear and a blanket.
He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War.
Notice the suppressors
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He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War.
Notice the suppressors
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January 19, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Sunday, at least 7 ICE agents stormed a house and took an elderly man out into the freezing cold, wearing only his underwear and a blanket.
He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War.
Notice the suppressors
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He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War.
Notice the suppressors
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i think it is simply true that for all intents and purposes stephen miller is the president of the united states
The Wrath of Stephen Miller
The man who turns President Trump’s most incendiary impulses into policy
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:06 PM
i think it is simply true that for all intents and purposes stephen miller is the president of the united states
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Maybe we should stick to a message this simple.
January 19, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Maybe we should stick to a message this simple.
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People here are outside patrolling their neighborhoods in this, trying to keep their neighbors safe from lawless armed masked goons. Armed with whistles and vests, they are essentially fighting a war against their own government and its ethnic cleansing campaign.
January 19, 2026 at 12:43 PM
People here are outside patrolling their neighborhoods in this, trying to keep their neighbors safe from lawless armed masked goons. Armed with whistles and vests, they are essentially fighting a war against their own government and its ethnic cleansing campaign.
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The US government is attacking its own people (and others), but you don't have to spend your life feeling helpless or marinating in fear and fury.
In the new NEXT COMES WHAT, Andrea explains why we need to overcome the glib instincts of centrist pundits to come together in useful ways.
In the new NEXT COMES WHAT, Andrea explains why we need to overcome the glib instincts of centrist pundits to come together in useful ways.
Finding Your Outside Voice
Podcast Episode · Next Comes What · 01/15/2026 · 26m
podcasts.apple.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
The US government is attacking its own people (and others), but you don't have to spend your life feeling helpless or marinating in fear and fury.
In the new NEXT COMES WHAT, Andrea explains why we need to overcome the glib instincts of centrist pundits to come together in useful ways.
In the new NEXT COMES WHAT, Andrea explains why we need to overcome the glib instincts of centrist pundits to come together in useful ways.
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A woman left a comment on Facebook criticizing the Mayor of Miami Beach,.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
January 19, 2026 at 3:52 PM
A woman left a comment on Facebook criticizing the Mayor of Miami Beach,.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
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This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
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Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
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This is important & revealing. Gallego is from AZ. He ran to the right of Dems in 2024 on immigration. The fact he's saying this speaks volumes. He sees where the public is on ICE. Tear it down. Build another non-police-state-freak-show immigration enforcement agency.
Arizona’s @gallego.senate.gov : "I think ICE needs to be totally torn down… People want immigration enforcement that goes after criminals, not the goon squad that has come from Stephen Miller and Trump."
January 18, 2026 at 5:25 PM
This is important & revealing. Gallego is from AZ. He ran to the right of Dems in 2024 on immigration. The fact he's saying this speaks volumes. He sees where the public is on ICE. Tear it down. Build another non-police-state-freak-show immigration enforcement agency.
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WATCH: Student Kenneth Santizo captured ICE and FBI officers stopping a family on their way to church in the Boston suburbs last May.
Agents broke the window, forced Daniel Flores-Martinez to his knees and slammed him to the ground while his children and his wife, a U.S. citizen, sobbed in the car.
Agents broke the window, forced Daniel Flores-Martinez to his knees and slammed him to the ground while his children and his wife, a U.S. citizen, sobbed in the car.
January 18, 2026 at 6:00 PM
WATCH: Student Kenneth Santizo captured ICE and FBI officers stopping a family on their way to church in the Boston suburbs last May.
Agents broke the window, forced Daniel Flores-Martinez to his knees and slammed him to the ground while his children and his wife, a U.S. citizen, sobbed in the car.
Agents broke the window, forced Daniel Flores-Martinez to his knees and slammed him to the ground while his children and his wife, a U.S. citizen, sobbed in the car.