Reposted by Mike Ward
Trump trying to criminalize literal whistle blowers.
You mean people who leak incriminating material.
No, people who blow on whistles.
You mean people who leak incriminating material.
No, people who blow on whistles.
January 30, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Trump trying to criminalize literal whistle blowers.
You mean people who leak incriminating material.
No, people who blow on whistles.
You mean people who leak incriminating material.
No, people who blow on whistles.
Reposted by Mike Ward
For decades the Right has daydreamed about saving their country from monsters, they finally got the chance and it turns out they love the monsters. The monsters are even monstrous in the exact ways they fantasized about! You never have to listen to these guys about anything again
January 30, 2026 at 9:52 PM
For decades the Right has daydreamed about saving their country from monsters, they finally got the chance and it turns out they love the monsters. The monsters are even monstrous in the exact ways they fantasized about! You never have to listen to these guys about anything again
Reposted by Mike Ward
CONSERVATIVES: The dignity of work is real.
WORKERS: Good! We want better pay, improved benefits, safe working conditions, transparent contract negotiations, paid family leave, and to be treated with respect! Just to start with!
CONSERVATIVES: Uhm, not like that.
WORKERS: Good! We want better pay, improved benefits, safe working conditions, transparent contract negotiations, paid family leave, and to be treated with respect! Just to start with!
CONSERVATIVES: Uhm, not like that.
January 30, 2026 at 2:07 PM
CONSERVATIVES: The dignity of work is real.
WORKERS: Good! We want better pay, improved benefits, safe working conditions, transparent contract negotiations, paid family leave, and to be treated with respect! Just to start with!
CONSERVATIVES: Uhm, not like that.
WORKERS: Good! We want better pay, improved benefits, safe working conditions, transparent contract negotiations, paid family leave, and to be treated with respect! Just to start with!
CONSERVATIVES: Uhm, not like that.
Trump is, after all America's greatest suer of all time.
The victim is spending their own money getting the nonsense charges dismissed. Trump is spending yours.
January 30, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Trump is, after all America's greatest suer of all time.
Reposted by Mike Ward
Reposted by Mike Ward
We now have nearly 160 cosponsors signed on to impeach Kristi Noem. Keep pushing!
Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
January 28, 2026 at 10:21 PM
We now have nearly 160 cosponsors signed on to impeach Kristi Noem. Keep pushing!
Reposted by Mike Ward
It is profoundly sad that a white man's concealed carry guns rights is what is getting certain people to finally understand that the US government does not give a shit about laws or rights or lives. This is not a criticism of the victim. This is a criticism of the US's sympathies & priorities.
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
It is profoundly sad that a white man's concealed carry guns rights is what is getting certain people to finally understand that the US government does not give a shit about laws or rights or lives. This is not a criticism of the victim. This is a criticism of the US's sympathies & priorities.
Reposted by Mike Ward
The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.
January 26, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.
Hate Has to Scatter When Minneapolis Arises
At the general strike.
open.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Reposted by Mike Ward
This is a photo of someone being tortured, not someone being restrained
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
This is a photo of someone being tortured, not someone being restrained
America is lonely by design
open.substack.com/pub/fluxplus...
open.substack.com/pub/fluxplus...
America is lonely by design
A meditation on how the American Dream dissolved into an isolation nightmare
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:26 AM
America is lonely by design
open.substack.com/pub/fluxplus...
open.substack.com/pub/fluxplus...
Reposted by Mike Ward
I mean….
Fairly sure it’s unintentional, but the end date on this mug being sold by the Smithsonian does make it sound a little like they’re saying America dies in 2026…
January 20, 2026 at 12:13 AM
I mean….
Reposted by Mike Ward
All future appropriations bills should make it clear that zero dollars can be used for any social media post that is not a barebones announcement. And no pictures.
Zero dollars for any propaganda. Not just this fascist crap. But also def none for fascist crap.
Zero dollars for any propaganda. Not just this fascist crap. But also def none for fascist crap.
Now, I’m no military historian. However, I’m pretty sure that’s not a common Revolutionary war tactic (and that’s ignoring the one guy firing into the air).
January 20, 2026 at 12:30 AM
All future appropriations bills should make it clear that zero dollars can be used for any social media post that is not a barebones announcement. And no pictures.
Zero dollars for any propaganda. Not just this fascist crap. But also def none for fascist crap.
Zero dollars for any propaganda. Not just this fascist crap. But also def none for fascist crap.
Reposted by Mike Ward
I can't repeat this enough.
I've said this before and I'll say it again.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
January 17, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I can't repeat this enough.
"The world’s great religions can all be viewed as being, among other things, elaborate moral and social technologies designed to cabin and channel the craving for revenge."
Unfortunately, half of American Christianity has forsaken that responsibility altogether.
www.theunpopulist.net/p/why-is-the...
Unfortunately, half of American Christianity has forsaken that responsibility altogether.
www.theunpopulist.net/p/why-is-the...
Why Is the American Experiment in Trouble? Simple: A Demagogue Has Ignited the ‘Dark Passions’ of the People
Liberalism’s real failure is that it assumes far too sunny a view of human nature, three recent books suggest
www.theunpopulist.net
January 16, 2026 at 3:03 PM
"The world’s great religions can all be viewed as being, among other things, elaborate moral and social technologies designed to cabin and channel the craving for revenge."
Unfortunately, half of American Christianity has forsaken that responsibility altogether.
www.theunpopulist.net/p/why-is-the...
Unfortunately, half of American Christianity has forsaken that responsibility altogether.
www.theunpopulist.net/p/why-is-the...
Reposted by Mike Ward
Sometimes I think about how Kristi Noem bragged about shooting a puppy
January 15, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Sometimes I think about how Kristi Noem bragged about shooting a puppy
#FFS Couldn't they just try running a candidate people want to vote for?
The Democratic Party is trying to decide which states should vote first in 2028—and what type of voters it wants to shape its attempt to regain the White House, Michael Scherer reports.
Democratic Bosses Are Launching a Remake of the 2028 Calendar
States are jockeying for an early spot and a greater say in the nominee.
bit.ly
January 15, 2026 at 2:42 PM
#FFS Couldn't they just try running a candidate people want to vote for?
Quote of the day: "The Italian philosopher Benedetto Croce quipped that fascism had created a fourth form of government, “onagrocracy,” a government by braying asses, to add to Aristotle’s traditional triumvirate of tyranny, oligarchy and democracy."
consortiumnews.com/2026/01/12/c...
consortiumnews.com/2026/01/12/c...
Chris Hedges: Grand Illusion
In the end, with weary citizens yearning for extinction, empires light their own funeral pyre.
By Chris Hedges
ScheerPost
“We live in a world in which you can talk all you want about internation...
consortiumnews.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Quote of the day: "The Italian philosopher Benedetto Croce quipped that fascism had created a fourth form of government, “onagrocracy,” a government by braying asses, to add to Aristotle’s traditional triumvirate of tyranny, oligarchy and democracy."
consortiumnews.com/2026/01/12/c...
consortiumnews.com/2026/01/12/c...
DHS Agents Really Don’t Want to Be Sent to Minneapolis Anymore newrepublic.com/post/205222/... via @newrepublic.com
F*** them, and f*** what they want.
F*** them, and f*** what they want.
DHS Agents Really Don’t Want to Be Sent to Minneapolis Anymore
A new report reveals how the Department of Homeland Security is managing the surge of federal agents in Minnesota.
newrepublic.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:36 PM
DHS Agents Really Don’t Want to Be Sent to Minneapolis Anymore newrepublic.com/post/205222/... via @newrepublic.com
F*** them, and f*** what they want.
F*** them, and f*** what they want.
Reposted by Mike Ward
Please stop and read this statement from Renee Good's wife.
Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
archive.is/ur35j
January 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Please stop and read this statement from Renee Good's wife.
Reposted by Mike Ward
America, Will We Stand With (Renee Nicole) Good or Evil?
open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...
open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...
America, Will We Stand With (Renee Nicole) Good or Evil?
It’s easy to oversimplify this life; to abandon nuance in favor of a simple, binary choice that leaves no room for complexity.
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:36 AM
America, Will We Stand With (Renee Nicole) Good or Evil?
open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...
open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...
What makes America great.
This is the kind of shit I like about America
January 11, 2026 at 11:58 PM
What makes America great.