Richard Gorrie
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Historian and educationalist. One foot in the Eighteenth Century and one in the 21st. Ouch. Keep It Complex.
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The Trump admin has indicated to Ukraine that US security guarantees are contingent on Kyiv first agreeing a peace deal that would likely involve ceding the Donbas region to Russia…
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US links security guarantees for Ukraine to peace deal ceding territory
[FREE TO READ] Washington signalled Kyiv would receive more backing after any withdrawal from the Donbas, say people familiar with talks
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January 27, 2026 at 5:12 AM
The Trump admin has indicated to Ukraine that US security guarantees are contingent on Kyiv first agreeing a peace deal that would likely involve ceding the Donbas region to Russia…
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why was the dipshit's hand within biting range
Two women have been charged with biting the fingers of U.S. Border Patrol officers moments after federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis over the weekend near the scene of an immigration enforcement action.
Women accused of biting agents’ fingers moments after Alex Pretti was killed; one had tip bitten off
The biting occurred while the women struggled with the agents, according to the charges.
bit.ly
January 27, 2026 at 5:22 AM
why was the dipshit's hand within biting range
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Imagine being so corrupt and authoritarian even Sepp Blatter thinks you've gone too far.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Sepp Blatter suggests fans should not travel to US for World Cup
The ex-Fifa boss showed his support of a Swiss lawyer who called for a boycott of the tournament due to security concerns in the US
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Imagine being so corrupt and authoritarian even Sepp Blatter thinks you've gone too far.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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An underappreciated point which I think got forgotten from older discourse is that one of the primary reasons ice needs to be shut down and abolished is that they are indistinguishable from random vigilantes.
And that is why now we must all act to protect people.
And that is why now we must all act to protect people.
January 27, 2026 at 5:25 AM
An underappreciated point which I think got forgotten from older discourse is that one of the primary reasons ice needs to be shut down and abolished is that they are indistinguishable from random vigilantes.
And that is why now we must all act to protect people.
And that is why now we must all act to protect people.
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Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
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Some of the revolution will be televised.
January 27, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Some of the revolution will be televised.
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The Trump admin is scrambling because the secret police it sends out for kidnappings and rioting has been killing people on video then brazenly lying about it, but Schumer's instinct is to whip his caucus into taking a position *more conservative* than that held by the median voter.
He's got to go.
He's got to go.
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:48 AM
The Trump admin is scrambling because the secret police it sends out for kidnappings and rioting has been killing people on video then brazenly lying about it, but Schumer's instinct is to whip his caucus into taking a position *more conservative* than that held by the median voter.
He's got to go.
He's got to go.
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This. He has to go.
The Trump admin is scrambling because the secret police it sends out for kidnappings and rioting has been killing people on video then brazenly lying about it, but Schumer's instinct is to whip his caucus into taking a position *more conservative* than that held by the median voter.
He's got to go.
He's got to go.
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
January 27, 2026 at 2:53 AM
This. He has to go.
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I know that there is so much going on, but we really need to keep pushing this special election on Saturday in Texas.
This is a very important race and a seat we can flip.
This is a very important race and a seat we can flip.
🚨SPECIAL ELECTION - TEXAS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 9🚨
Democrat: Taylor Rehmet
Election Date: 🗓️THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 31ST🗓️
Area: Ft. Worth
Notes: In terms of political impact, this is THE biggest election of 2026 Q1. A flip of this Trump +17 Texas seat would send shockwaves. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!
Democrat: Taylor Rehmet
Election Date: 🗓️THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 31ST🗓️
Area: Ft. Worth
Notes: In terms of political impact, this is THE biggest election of 2026 Q1. A flip of this Trump +17 Texas seat would send shockwaves. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!
January 27, 2026 at 2:56 AM
I know that there is so much going on, but we really need to keep pushing this special election on Saturday in Texas.
This is a very important race and a seat we can flip.
This is a very important race and a seat we can flip.
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So Greg Bovino is back to his post at USBP in El Centro. There are many lovely hardworking Americans in El Centro but at a place to be it is not to everyone’s taste. I had a hearing in El Centro and drove there the night before because you can’t get there in the morning…../1
January 27, 2026 at 2:46 AM
So Greg Bovino is back to his post at USBP in El Centro. There are many lovely hardworking Americans in El Centro but at a place to be it is not to everyone’s taste. I had a hearing in El Centro and drove there the night before because you can’t get there in the morning…../1
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Trump has stolen between $10-20 billion in just his first year in office, and is covering up his involvement in a massive child sex trafficking ring.
January 26, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Trump has stolen between $10-20 billion in just his first year in office, and is covering up his involvement in a massive child sex trafficking ring.
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
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Texas 🚨 Important update on elections
Start checking your voter registration 💥
The Texas primary election will happen on
March 3.
Early voting begins on Feb. 17, and runs through Feb. 27.
You must be registered to vote by Feb. 2 in order to vote in the March 3 election.
Start checking your voter registration 💥
The Texas primary election will happen on
March 3.
Early voting begins on Feb. 17, and runs through Feb. 27.
You must be registered to vote by Feb. 2 in order to vote in the March 3 election.
January 26, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Texas 🚨 Important update on elections
Start checking your voter registration 💥
The Texas primary election will happen on
March 3.
Early voting begins on Feb. 17, and runs through Feb. 27.
You must be registered to vote by Feb. 2 in order to vote in the March 3 election.
Start checking your voter registration 💥
The Texas primary election will happen on
March 3.
Early voting begins on Feb. 17, and runs through Feb. 27.
You must be registered to vote by Feb. 2 in order to vote in the March 3 election.
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Let’s have more straight talk.
We are way past political differences.
It’s us against the fascists.
We are way past political differences.
It’s us against the fascists.
January 26, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Let’s have more straight talk.
We are way past political differences.
It’s us against the fascists.
We are way past political differences.
It’s us against the fascists.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates: With the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, "Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact—the culture war is an actual war"
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: the culture war is an actual war.
www.vanityfair.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates: With the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, "Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact—the culture war is an actual war"
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scenes from occupied Minneapolis: "ice has been in front of my house for an hour , there’s 4 of them. my car is parked in front and i’m scared to leave my house , my aunt and uncle live next to me and are immigrants"
January 26, 2026 at 4:37 PM
scenes from occupied Minneapolis: "ice has been in front of my house for an hour , there’s 4 of them. my car is parked in front and i’m scared to leave my house , my aunt and uncle live next to me and are immigrants"
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They executed Alex Pretti, a law-abiding gun owner, for exercising the very 2A rights that MAGAs relentlessly support during school and other mass shootings.
MAGA's twisting in knots to justify making a liberal good guy with a gun into a demon as he stood against tyranny peacefully. Now we know 👇🏼
MAGA's twisting in knots to justify making a liberal good guy with a gun into a demon as he stood against tyranny peacefully. Now we know 👇🏼
January 26, 2026 at 3:50 PM
They executed Alex Pretti, a law-abiding gun owner, for exercising the very 2A rights that MAGAs relentlessly support during school and other mass shootings.
MAGA's twisting in knots to justify making a liberal good guy with a gun into a demon as he stood against tyranny peacefully. Now we know 👇🏼
MAGA's twisting in knots to justify making a liberal good guy with a gun into a demon as he stood against tyranny peacefully. Now we know 👇🏼
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The Globe's editorial this morning is a list of all the Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
January 26, 2026 at 2:06 PM
The Globe's editorial this morning is a list of all the Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
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And if you are on the ground and can't add alt text, you can type "Alt4Me" in your post to request someone else add alt text in the replies.
Folks I know it takes a little extra time and there's a lot going on, but please try to use alt text. It's hard if you're otg but otherwise just do it.
It's not just about your one post, it's about creating and sustaining a culture of accessibility.
It's not just about your one post, it's about creating and sustaining a culture of accessibility.
January 26, 2026 at 5:12 PM
And if you are on the ground and can't add alt text, you can type "Alt4Me" in your post to request someone else add alt text in the replies.
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Absolutely bullshit. France is way safer to travel to as a Canadian than the US.
Have we forgotten about the Canadian that was killed in ICE custody?
Have we forgotten about the Canadians who have been detained for weeks erroneously by ICE?
Get your shit together, Canadian Government!!
Have we forgotten about the Canadian that was killed in ICE custody?
Have we forgotten about the Canadians who have been detained for weeks erroneously by ICE?
Get your shit together, Canadian Government!!
It stretches credibility that the Government of Canada travel advisory guidance for the USA still advises normal precautions.
The page hasn't been updated since the two high profile executions of protesters by ICE.
France is listed as more dangerous than the US!
The page hasn't been updated since the two high profile executions of protesters by ICE.
France is listed as more dangerous than the US!
January 26, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Absolutely bullshit. France is way safer to travel to as a Canadian than the US.
Have we forgotten about the Canadian that was killed in ICE custody?
Have we forgotten about the Canadians who have been detained for weeks erroneously by ICE?
Get your shit together, Canadian Government!!
Have we forgotten about the Canadian that was killed in ICE custody?
Have we forgotten about the Canadians who have been detained for weeks erroneously by ICE?
Get your shit together, Canadian Government!!
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Breaking - GOP candidate for Gov of Minnesota drops out. Says he cant support federal “retribution” against Minnesotans… @startribune.com
www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
Chris Madel ends GOP bid for governor, says he can’t support federal ‘retribution’ against Minnesota
His exit comes as some other Republicans have started to distance themselves from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the state.
www.startribune.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Breaking - GOP candidate for Gov of Minnesota drops out. Says he cant support federal “retribution” against Minnesotans… @startribune.com
www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
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NEW: In a court hearing for a TRO against the feds in Minneapolis, the plaintiffs just said one of their exhibits contains a recording of a federal agent saying "Well, this person is gonna have a hard time traveling from now on" after taking a photo of an ICE observer's license plate. 1/
January 26, 2026 at 3:25 PM
NEW: In a court hearing for a TRO against the feds in Minneapolis, the plaintiffs just said one of their exhibits contains a recording of a federal agent saying "Well, this person is gonna have a hard time traveling from now on" after taking a photo of an ICE observer's license plate. 1/
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It started, like too many things do these days, with a Facebook comment.
Someone I’ve known a long time — someone who used to knock doors for the same candidates I did and was at my fifth birthday party — wrote that I must be “a liberal with TDS.”
open.substack.com/pub/trygveol...
Someone I’ve known a long time — someone who used to knock doors for the same candidates I did and was at my fifth birthday party — wrote that I must be “a liberal with TDS.”
open.substack.com/pub/trygveol...
The Things We Used to Believe
If believing in the Constitution makes me a liberal, then maybe “conservative” doesn’t mean what it used to.
open.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:55 AM
It started, like too many things do these days, with a Facebook comment.
Someone I’ve known a long time — someone who used to knock doors for the same candidates I did and was at my fifth birthday party — wrote that I must be “a liberal with TDS.”
open.substack.com/pub/trygveol...
Someone I’ve known a long time — someone who used to knock doors for the same candidates I did and was at my fifth birthday party — wrote that I must be “a liberal with TDS.”
open.substack.com/pub/trygveol...
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Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.