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The difference between a right-wing neoliberal federal government in the USA and a fascist one is that in the former, the government extrajudicially kills brown people in poor countries, while in the latter, it extrajudicially kills people domestically too in significant numbers
February 7, 2026 at 4:13 AM
The difference between a right-wing neoliberal federal government in the USA and a fascist one is that in the former, the government extrajudicially kills brown people in poor countries, while in the latter, it extrajudicially kills people domestically too in significant numbers
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Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
EXCLUSIVE: Terez Metry was 13 when her family fled to Tennessee from Egypt in 2011. Then, they left her behind. She only recently discovered she had an order of removal from 2011. But she was following the legal path to citizenship. On Monday, at a routine DHS meeting, Metry was detained.
Immigration process turns sour for an Antioch woman - Nashville Banner
Terez Metry, a dental assistant in Middle Tennessee with no criminal history, was detained by ICE during an interview as she followed legal steps toward citizenship.
nashvillebanner.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
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Zohran is the best advertisement for DSA that we could hope for.
February 7, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Zohran is the best advertisement for DSA that we could hope for.
It’s particularly funny because Trump is also morbidly obese
Worth noting that this response actually concedes that what Pritzker said is true.
February 7, 2026 at 3:26 AM
It’s particularly funny because Trump is also morbidly obese
The UK is so weird--clearly quite lacking in civil rights, but also still retaining public ethics, unlike the the USA which now has collapsed to a level... reflecting its geographic location in the Americas and lower than many Latin American countries
Pressure building on govt to come clean about Mandelson's role in bringing US spy-tech firm Palantir into the heart of our NHS.
The fingerprints of Mandelson and his lobbying firm are all over these deals.
The rot goes to the heart of this Labour govt
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The fingerprints of Mandelson and his lobbying firm are all over these deals.
The rot goes to the heart of this Labour govt
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Calls to halt UK Palantir contracts grow amid ‘lack of transparency’ over deals
Opposition MPs urge Labour to pause public contracts with the US tech firm after attempts to examine deals blocked
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:24 AM
The UK is so weird--clearly quite lacking in civil rights, but also still retaining public ethics, unlike the the USA which now has collapsed to a level... reflecting its geographic location in the Americas and lower than many Latin American countries
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how the fuck did i miss him saying this at the goddamned national prayer breakfast?!!
hate how funny he is.
hate how funny he is.
Trump: "Mike Johnson is a very religious person. He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch, 'Sir, may we pray.' I'll say, 'Excuse me? We're having lunch.'"
February 7, 2026 at 12:59 AM
how the fuck did i miss him saying this at the goddamned national prayer breakfast?!!
hate how funny he is.
hate how funny he is.
But will Scott vote to convict if the House votes to impeach? That's the question.
Sen. Tim Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, had this to say:
February 7, 2026 at 12:40 AM
But will Scott vote to convict if the House votes to impeach? That's the question.
On some level, if this man doesn't make it, his blood is on Tim Walz's hands.
Not that it would be okay to do this to an undocumented immigrant either but THIS GUY IS A LEGAL IMMIGRANT and also his lawyer hand delivered his medication and they REFUSED TO GIVE IT TO HIM.
Enraging! How do ANY of these people live with themselves?
Enraging! How do ANY of these people live with themselves?
A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
February 7, 2026 at 12:32 AM
On some level, if this man doesn't make it, his blood is on Tim Walz's hands.
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Not that it would be okay to do this to an undocumented immigrant either but THIS GUY IS A LEGAL IMMIGRANT and also his lawyer hand delivered his medication and they REFUSED TO GIVE IT TO HIM.
Enraging! How do ANY of these people live with themselves?
Enraging! How do ANY of these people live with themselves?
A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says
State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Not that it would be okay to do this to an undocumented immigrant either but THIS GUY IS A LEGAL IMMIGRANT and also his lawyer hand delivered his medication and they REFUSED TO GIVE IT TO HIM.
Enraging! How do ANY of these people live with themselves?
Enraging! How do ANY of these people live with themselves?
Occurrences of the term "impeach": 0
Here is the video of Hakeem Jeffries saying "fuck Donald Trump" for posting that racist video of the Obamas. (originally from his official Instagram account) www.instagram.com/reel/DUbeoy5...
February 7, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Occurrences of the term "impeach": 0
Is it reasonable to consider plans to relocate our family if the midterms are successfully rigged by the regime, and there's no sign of sufficient public/elected response to the rigging to bring the regime down?
Seems like, if they can control the outcome of elections, they can do anything at all
Seems like, if they can control the outcome of elections, they can do anything at all
February 7, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Is it reasonable to consider plans to relocate our family if the midterms are successfully rigged by the regime, and there's no sign of sufficient public/elected response to the rigging to bring the regime down?
Seems like, if they can control the outcome of elections, they can do anything at all
Seems like, if they can control the outcome of elections, they can do anything at all
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One of the antagonists in my book on John Doar is a segregationist judge in Mississippi named Harold Cox.
In 1964, Cox called black plaintiffs in his courtroom "a bunch of chimpanzees," a public comment which generated national outrage and a congressional effort to impeach him.
Today? Meh.
In 1964, Cox called black plaintiffs in his courtroom "a bunch of chimpanzees," a public comment which generated national outrage and a congressional effort to impeach him.
Today? Meh.
February 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM
One of the antagonists in my book on John Doar is a segregationist judge in Mississippi named Harold Cox.
In 1964, Cox called black plaintiffs in his courtroom "a bunch of chimpanzees," a public comment which generated national outrage and a congressional effort to impeach him.
Today? Meh.
In 1964, Cox called black plaintiffs in his courtroom "a bunch of chimpanzees," a public comment which generated national outrage and a congressional effort to impeach him.
Today? Meh.
And no, that's not AOL Instant Messenger, it's the American Indian Movement
How the Black Panthers, AIM, and civil rights leaders built the strategies now amplified by digital tools and radical organizing in Minneapolis. ❤️🫡✊
The Difference That ICE Watchers Are Making in Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:06 AM
And no, that's not AOL Instant Messenger, it's the American Indian Movement
The Democratic politicians largely have no interest in resetting everything.
They're content to leave the machinery of authoritarianism in place while toning it down.
That way the Republicans can take it back over again next time, but Dem pols don't care because their donors want the contracts.
They're content to leave the machinery of authoritarianism in place while toning it down.
That way the Republicans can take it back over again next time, but Dem pols don't care because their donors want the contracts.
Americans: Don't worry. The next election is going to reset everything. The Democrats will fix it.
The rest of the world: We are never going to trust your country again.
Americans: HUH?!?!
The rest of the world: We are never going to trust your country again.
Americans: HUH?!?!
February 6, 2026 at 10:54 PM
The Democratic politicians largely have no interest in resetting everything.
They're content to leave the machinery of authoritarianism in place while toning it down.
That way the Republicans can take it back over again next time, but Dem pols don't care because their donors want the contracts.
They're content to leave the machinery of authoritarianism in place while toning it down.
That way the Republicans can take it back over again next time, but Dem pols don't care because their donors want the contracts.
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Racism has a material impact on people's lives. I don't know what else to say. It leads to premature death on a daily basis.
February 6, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Racism has a material impact on people's lives. I don't know what else to say. It leads to premature death on a daily basis.
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I really wonder if there is a level of overt racism from the Trump Administration, whether rhetorical or as explicit basis for policy, that would get traditional media outlets like @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com and @cnn.com to say he’s being racist.
February 6, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I really wonder if there is a level of overt racism from the Trump Administration, whether rhetorical or as explicit basis for policy, that would get traditional media outlets like @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com and @cnn.com to say he’s being racist.
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when a man’s paycheck depends on not understanding something
it's hard to reconcile the international consequences of the Epstein files with how many reactionary centrists seem to want to downplay the files
February 6, 2026 at 1:25 AM
when a man’s paycheck depends on not understanding something
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The racist video posted by the President is perhaps the most egregiously racist thing shown in the White House since Woodrow Wilson screened Birth of a Nation there in 1915. Here's an article from Denver's Black newspaper in 1915 calling for Americans to denounce such racist imagery.
February 6, 2026 at 3:17 PM
The racist video posted by the President is perhaps the most egregiously racist thing shown in the White House since Woodrow Wilson screened Birth of a Nation there in 1915. Here's an article from Denver's Black newspaper in 1915 calling for Americans to denounce such racist imagery.
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We're living in Planet of the Apes (the original movie). Trump is Dr. Zaius if he were a brain-damaged pedophile, his administration and the GOP are the theocratic, hypocritical orangutans, ICE/CBP and the military are their gorilla goons, and the Dems are those useless, feckless chimpanzees.
February 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
We're living in Planet of the Apes (the original movie). Trump is Dr. Zaius if he were a brain-damaged pedophile, his administration and the GOP are the theocratic, hypocritical orangutans, ICE/CBP and the military are their gorilla goons, and the Dems are those useless, feckless chimpanzees.
The media is ignoring it because their billionaire bosses want them to.
Trump referring to the first Black President and First Lady in the history of the USA as apes is not a distraction. It is a major news story once again emphasizing how fundamental racism is to this administration and the Republican Party and conservative movement.
And right now media is ignoring.
And right now media is ignoring.
February 6, 2026 at 3:38 PM
The media is ignoring it because their billionaire bosses want them to.
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Only in Chicago, again:
Guilty plea won’t keep CHA board member’s daughter from adding to the more than $1M the CHA already has paid her company chicago.suntimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
Guilty plea won’t keep CHA board member’s daughter from adding to the more than $1M the CHA already has paid her company chicago.suntimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
Chicago Housing Authority backs off ban on contracts with commissioner’s daughter
Lovie Diggs — a daughter of longtime CHA Commissioner Debra Parker — was paid more than $1 million but got into legal trouble in 2023.
chicago.suntimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Only in Chicago, again:
Guilty plea won’t keep CHA board member’s daughter from adding to the more than $1M the CHA already has paid her company chicago.suntimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
Guilty plea won’t keep CHA board member’s daughter from adding to the more than $1M the CHA already has paid her company chicago.suntimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
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If democrats don’t want people to become communist and stop voting for them they should simply not allow the conditions of society to get to such a point that people are becoming communist again
February 6, 2026 at 2:16 PM
If democrats don’t want people to become communist and stop voting for them they should simply not allow the conditions of society to get to such a point that people are becoming communist again
Of course they're not, just like they weren't prepared for anything that has happened to them in the last year
I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
February 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Of course they're not, just like they weren't prepared for anything that has happened to them in the last year