@neilpostman.bsky.social
Neil Postman never missed. Views are in no way representative of Postman or his family.
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News outlets declaring “Trump Accepts Nobel Peace Prize” is a red alert state media indicator
January 16, 2026 at 2:39 AM
News outlets declaring “Trump Accepts Nobel Peace Prize” is a red alert state media indicator
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It’s even more embarrassing than I imagined.
January 16, 2026 at 2:33 AM
It’s even more embarrassing than I imagined.
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72 hours, really.
That was such a weird few weeks when people pretended to care about Charlie Kirk.
January 16, 2026 at 2:48 AM
72 hours, really.
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Trump to Reuters about the midterm elections: "When you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election." www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Trump to Reuters about the midterm elections: "When you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election." www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
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I think @dustyschmidt.bsky.social had an easy-to-understand explanation of how algorithms are weaponized against democracy and why we can't ignore it: badfaithtimes.com/untitled-7/
Algorithms Are Killing Democracy
To beat back the billionaire-fueled fascist tide, we must first have a shared reality.
badfaithtimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I think @dustyschmidt.bsky.social had an easy-to-understand explanation of how algorithms are weaponized against democracy and why we can't ignore it: badfaithtimes.com/untitled-7/
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It's odd, isn't it, how the supposed "woke overreach" that we are told has repulsed all of America & sent Dems into the wilderness coincided, almost perfectly, with final collapse of media gatekeepers & the rise of unrestrained RW media & social media dominance.
January 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
It's odd, isn't it, how the supposed "woke overreach" that we are told has repulsed all of America & sent Dems into the wilderness coincided, almost perfectly, with final collapse of media gatekeepers & the rise of unrestrained RW media & social media dominance.
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You would have thought it was Kissinger, but having the actual physical Nobel Peace Prize publicly bartered in exchange for a literal international war is the point at which we can say whatever Alfred Nobel had in mind has run its course and then some, time to pull the plug.
January 16, 2026 at 3:51 AM
You would have thought it was Kissinger, but having the actual physical Nobel Peace Prize publicly bartered in exchange for a literal international war is the point at which we can say whatever Alfred Nobel had in mind has run its course and then some, time to pull the plug.
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New: “This is the modern Fugitive Slave Act,” said a judge when describing ICE behavior nationwide.
Judge slams government for conspiring to chill free speech of pro-Palestine students
U.S. District Judge William Young said he’d force the Trump administration to “jump through hoops” if it wants to deport more pro-Palestine protesters.
www.courthousenews.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:34 PM
New: “This is the modern Fugitive Slave Act,” said a judge when describing ICE behavior nationwide.
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this whole thing is just a late-era WCW plotline, the face champ turns heel and vacates the belt to the bigger heel
María Corina Machado on her meeting with Trump: “I presented the president of the United States with the Nobel Peace Prize”
January 15, 2026 at 9:55 PM
this whole thing is just a late-era WCW plotline, the face champ turns heel and vacates the belt to the bigger heel
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I asked AOC about X saying Grok AI will ban undressing.
"They're doing it to avoid accountability, and they're doing it to avoid there being legislation passed that actually protects people, and I don't think that we should accept it."
More here.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
"They're doing it to avoid accountability, and they're doing it to avoid there being legislation passed that actually protects people, and I don't think that we should accept it."
More here.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
AOC’s bill to ban deepfake AI porn passed Senate. Why is the House taking so long?
The bill is a sign of Ocasio-Cortez’s growing influence within the Democratic caucus that once shunned her, writes Eric Garcia
www.independent.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I asked AOC about X saying Grok AI will ban undressing.
"They're doing it to avoid accountability, and they're doing it to avoid there being legislation passed that actually protects people, and I don't think that we should accept it."
More here.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
"They're doing it to avoid accountability, and they're doing it to avoid there being legislation passed that actually protects people, and I don't think that we should accept it."
More here.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Dunno, extortion seems pretty inelegant to me.
EISEN: Didn't you admit what Trump is doing to Powell is coercion?
CRAMER: It's no secret he would like Powell out. So would I. This would be an elegant way out
E: You think it'd be 'elegant' for Fed chair under threat of indictment to step down? That doesn't sound elegant
C: Ok. So you disagree
CRAMER: It's no secret he would like Powell out. So would I. This would be an elegant way out
E: You think it'd be 'elegant' for Fed chair under threat of indictment to step down? That doesn't sound elegant
C: Ok. So you disagree
January 14, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Dunno, extortion seems pretty inelegant to me.
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This is a critical point. What we're really witnessing is the *collapse* of law and order, brought about by Trump's lawless thugs. I think a lot of ordinary people intuitively understand that this is what's happening.
It is hard to explain institutional collapse to voters; videos where state actors are clearly acting in abusive ways explain themselves.
This is incredible: 81% of working class and 83% of young voters have seen video of Renee Good's killing, per new data I've obtained. Majority of working class disapproves of ICE enforcement. ICE brutality is breaking through big time.
Some thoughts on this here:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
Some thoughts on this here:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
January 15, 2026 at 12:43 PM
This is a critical point. What we're really witnessing is the *collapse* of law and order, brought about by Trump's lawless thugs. I think a lot of ordinary people intuitively understand that this is what's happening.
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It is hard to explain institutional collapse to voters; videos where state actors are clearly acting in abusive ways explain themselves.
This is incredible: 81% of working class and 83% of young voters have seen video of Renee Good's killing, per new data I've obtained. Majority of working class disapproves of ICE enforcement. ICE brutality is breaking through big time.
Some thoughts on this here:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
Some thoughts on this here:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
January 15, 2026 at 12:33 PM
It is hard to explain institutional collapse to voters; videos where state actors are clearly acting in abusive ways explain themselves.
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US higher education was a crown jewel, generating knowledge, wealth, prestige, and power unrivaled by anyone.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
US higher education was a crown jewel, generating knowledge, wealth, prestige, and power unrivaled by anyone.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
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hurts to see someone living your dream
Tinder date sting tricks Secret Service agent into spilling Vance security secrets: report www.rawstory.com/secret-servi...
Tinder date sting tricks Secret Service agent into spilling Vance security secrets: report
Vice President JD Vance and the Secret Service were sent scrambling after an agent assigned to his security detail reportedly spilled sensitive security information to a Tinder date who turned out to ...
www.rawstory.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:26 AM
hurts to see someone living your dream
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The Supreme Court only cleared the way for Kavanaugh Stops four months ago and ICE now openly engages in violent racial profiling, snatching anyone who looks non-white and treating them as presumptively guilty of a crime. Remarkable how quickly our liberties can be crushed when courts go along.
Can confirm I have personally seen three attempts just today of agents in a convoy of ICE vehicles trying to snatch random POCs along Central Ave - and then being chased off by neighbors with whistles. It's blatant racial profiling.
Minneapolis city council member says POC should stay home:
Minneapolis city council member says POC should stay home:
Dear neighbor,
HIGH ALERT‼️ If you are vulnerable to deportation please stay home today. I’m sorry to say this but it’s not safe to be outside. ICE is tearing families apart.
Children of immigrants please keep your family safe.
Jason Chavez 1/
HIGH ALERT‼️ If you are vulnerable to deportation please stay home today. I’m sorry to say this but it’s not safe to be outside. ICE is tearing families apart.
Children of immigrants please keep your family safe.
Jason Chavez 1/
January 14, 2026 at 4:29 PM
The Supreme Court only cleared the way for Kavanaugh Stops four months ago and ICE now openly engages in violent racial profiling, snatching anyone who looks non-white and treating them as presumptively guilty of a crime. Remarkable how quickly our liberties can be crushed when courts go along.
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Compare and contrast
January 15, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Compare and contrast
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speaker of the house mike johnson looks at ice agents shooting random minneapolis residents and says, "ice is doing what ice is designed to do"
Mike Johnson comes out against additional guardrails on ICE as Democrats call for it.
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
speaker of the house mike johnson looks at ice agents shooting random minneapolis residents and says, "ice is doing what ice is designed to do"
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An absolute, irrevocable national disgrace.
🚨BREAKING: ICE unleashes ONSLAUGHT of flash bang grenades and chemical ammunition at unarmed Minneapolis protesters in WAR-LIKE attack. Several protesters struck. Our reporter @zdroberts.bsky.social struck in the head.
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 3:22 AM
An absolute, irrevocable national disgrace.
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I am just a pollster, standing in front of a bunch of elected Dems, asking them to lead on public opinion rather than hedge and tiptoe and moderate for fear an imaginary future backlash that will probably be manufactured by the right wing ecosystem anyway, regardless of what Dems do or don’t say.
January 15, 2026 at 3:32 AM
I am just a pollster, standing in front of a bunch of elected Dems, asking them to lead on public opinion rather than hedge and tiptoe and moderate for fear an imaginary future backlash that will probably be manufactured by the right wing ecosystem anyway, regardless of what Dems do or don’t say.
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MINNEAPOLIS — “The real criminals is ICE… Another person shot because of their skin color. Even if we’re citizens, they don’t care. Because they’re fucking racists.”
A witness talks to @statuscoupnews.bsky.social after another person was shot, they say with a pregnant woman in the house.
A witness talks to @statuscoupnews.bsky.social after another person was shot, they say with a pregnant woman in the house.
January 15, 2026 at 3:40 AM
MINNEAPOLIS — “The real criminals is ICE… Another person shot because of their skin color. Even if we’re citizens, they don’t care. Because they’re fucking racists.”
A witness talks to @statuscoupnews.bsky.social after another person was shot, they say with a pregnant woman in the house.
A witness talks to @statuscoupnews.bsky.social after another person was shot, they say with a pregnant woman in the house.
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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Not the point but it’s a small comfort to remember that Ted Cruz has aged like dumpster cheese.
Ted Cruz in 2016, "We're liable to wake up one morning and Donald Trump if he was President would have nuked Denmark"
"That's not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe"
"That's not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe"
January 14, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Not the point but it’s a small comfort to remember that Ted Cruz has aged like dumpster cheese.
This.... doesn't actually work in this instance.
"He said that ... just for a scrap of paper Great Britain was going to make war on a kindred nation who desired nothing better than to be friends with her."
--Edward Goschen, of his last conversation with Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
--Edward Goschen, of his last conversation with Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
"But Dov," you ask, "are you really saying that we should risk the destruction of the human race in nuclear conflagration for 50,000 people"
Absofuckinglutely
Absofuckinglutely
January 15, 2026 at 3:05 AM
This.... doesn't actually work in this instance.
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i think i’m fully in on “the white house is run by thirtysomething chuds who think grand strategy games are real life”
January 14, 2026 at 11:33 PM
i think i’m fully in on “the white house is run by thirtysomething chuds who think grand strategy games are real life”