Rob Lorenz
@rlorenz.bsky.social
Software developer, husband, father, UVa grad.
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For Renee Nicole Good, for her wife, child, city, country, and every person she died to protect... it's fundraiser time.
I'm giving $1 to Community Aid Network MN for each repost this gets.
AND $1 for each new follower I get.
And if YOU donate to Community Aid Network MN, tell me and I'll match it.
I'm giving $1 to Community Aid Network MN for each repost this gets.
AND $1 for each new follower I get.
And if YOU donate to Community Aid Network MN, tell me and I'll match it.
January 13, 2026 at 10:56 PM
For Renee Nicole Good, for her wife, child, city, country, and every person she died to protect... it's fundraiser time.
I'm giving $1 to Community Aid Network MN for each repost this gets.
AND $1 for each new follower I get.
And if YOU donate to Community Aid Network MN, tell me and I'll match it.
I'm giving $1 to Community Aid Network MN for each repost this gets.
AND $1 for each new follower I get.
And if YOU donate to Community Aid Network MN, tell me and I'll match it.
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
Smugness in the first degree?
Illegal smugness.
Against my better judgment, I read this article. No idea who David Marcus is, but he's painfully stupid. Apparently what makes these "wine moms" criminal is their "obnoxious smugness" and "disturbing glee." It's so bad, Marcus claims, it might even be "a conspiracy."
Spoiler: It's not.
Spoiler: It's not.
January 12, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Smugness in the first degree?
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I'm struck by MAGA pearl-clutching for the poor ICE and CBP agents allegedly threatened by peaceful citizens trying to monitor and limit their lawlessness. A half century ago MAGA types were denouncing the trouble "outside agitators" were causing for poor, beleaguered Bull Connor and his men.
January 11, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I'm struck by MAGA pearl-clutching for the poor ICE and CBP agents allegedly threatened by peaceful citizens trying to monitor and limit their lawlessness. A half century ago MAGA types were denouncing the trouble "outside agitators" were causing for poor, beleaguered Bull Connor and his men.
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I think it’s important to point out: ICE does NOT have the same authority as a police officer. They do NOT have the power to enforce laws, only to engage in their specific tasks.
IE: they don’t do traffic, etc. impeding traffic is not a penalty ICE can enforce against
IE: they don’t do traffic, etc. impeding traffic is not a penalty ICE can enforce against
January 11, 2026 at 8:08 PM
I think it’s important to point out: ICE does NOT have the same authority as a police officer. They do NOT have the power to enforce laws, only to engage in their specific tasks.
IE: they don’t do traffic, etc. impeding traffic is not a penalty ICE can enforce against
IE: they don’t do traffic, etc. impeding traffic is not a penalty ICE can enforce against
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"i am sorry for what i have done in the past and don't yet know how to fix it, but don't want to make it worse" is legitimately about the level best you can hope for someone like this to say, and it should be strongly encouraged anywhere we see it
Losing my shit at Ashley St Clair doing a reverse Naomi Wolf.
January 11, 2026 at 8:13 PM
"i am sorry for what i have done in the past and don't yet know how to fix it, but don't want to make it worse" is legitimately about the level best you can hope for someone like this to say, and it should be strongly encouraged anywhere we see it
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Trump and Rubio are doing such a great job running Venezuela that the U.S. is now warning Americans to leave Venezuela to escape armed militias.
And they want companies to go to Venezuela? No way companies will do that.
Trump’s Venezuela operation is a disaster.
www.foxnews.com/world/us-war...
And they want companies to go to Venezuela? No way companies will do that.
Trump’s Venezuela operation is a disaster.
www.foxnews.com/world/us-war...
US warns Americans to leave Venezuela immediately as armed militias set up roadblocks
Americans in Venezuela warned to leave immediately as armed militias reportedly set up roadblocks searching for U.S. citizens, according to new U.S. Embassy Caracas security alert.
www.foxnews.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Trump and Rubio are doing such a great job running Venezuela that the U.S. is now warning Americans to leave Venezuela to escape armed militias.
And they want companies to go to Venezuela? No way companies will do that.
Trump’s Venezuela operation is a disaster.
www.foxnews.com/world/us-war...
And they want companies to go to Venezuela? No way companies will do that.
Trump’s Venezuela operation is a disaster.
www.foxnews.com/world/us-war...
This is some serious “look what you make me do” abuser BS. (Not Mike, the Homan quote Mike is responding to)
If calling a state secret police agent a murderer for committing murder will lead to more murder by the state secret police, it sure seems like the problem is with the secret police
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 6:23 PM
This is some serious “look what you make me do” abuser BS. (Not Mike, the Homan quote Mike is responding to)
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The “if she had complied, she’d still be alive” line that we’re hearing from ICE defenders is the mantra of apologists for security forces in dictatorships through the ages.
January 11, 2026 at 12:42 AM
The “if she had complied, she’d still be alive” line that we’re hearing from ICE defenders is the mantra of apologists for security forces in dictatorships through the ages.
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This is a cartoon about housing.
January 11, 2026 at 12:51 PM
This is a cartoon about housing.
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The thing about the Boston Massacre— the fruits of arbitrary power— was not that the colonists were universally in the right. Things were thrown at the soldiers. But, the presence of a standing army escalated conditions. The use of force that night was not proportional. Citizens died needlessly.
January 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
The thing about the Boston Massacre— the fruits of arbitrary power— was not that the colonists were universally in the right. Things were thrown at the soldiers. But, the presence of a standing army escalated conditions. The use of force that night was not proportional. Citizens died needlessly.
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You cannot tell voters that this regime is an existential threat one day and aid and abet it every other day. Either you're lying or you are complicit, neither of which makes you fit for office.
7 Democrats just voted today to confirm a Trump judicial nominee who refused to say what happened on January 6 or answer who won the 2020 election:
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Shaheen
Welch
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Shaheen
Welch
January 10, 2026 at 12:49 AM
You cannot tell voters that this regime is an existential threat one day and aid and abet it every other day. Either you're lying or you are complicit, neither of which makes you fit for office.
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Grok and X are generating and distributing massive amounts of nonconsensual sexual content (including of apparent minors). So why are Apple and Google still hosting them in their app stores? from @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Grok and X are generating and distributing massive amounts of nonconsensual sexual content (including of apparent minors). So why are Apple and Google still hosting them in their app stores? from @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
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Amy Klobuchar voted for one of Trump's nominees the day after a woman in her state was murdered by ICE.
Alexander Van Hook is confirmed 53-40 to be a District Judge of Western Louisiana. According to @senatepress.bsky.social, the Dems yeas are Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Amy Klobuchar (MN), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), and Peter Welch (VT). Angus King (I-ME) was also a yea.
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Amy Klobuchar voted for one of Trump's nominees the day after a woman in her state was murdered by ICE.
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“why are you still on twitter” -> whiny, makes you sound like a scold
“oh you post on the pedophile app” -> makes them sound like a pedophile
“oh you post on the pedophile app” -> makes them sound like a pedophile
January 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
“why are you still on twitter” -> whiny, makes you sound like a scold
“oh you post on the pedophile app” -> makes them sound like a pedophile
“oh you post on the pedophile app” -> makes them sound like a pedophile
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1. ICE will kill you.
2. Trumpists will lie to justify it.
3. Because they are all thug trash.
2. Trumpists will lie to justify it.
3. Because they are all thug trash.
January 8, 2026 at 1:10 AM
1. ICE will kill you.
2. Trumpists will lie to justify it.
3. Because they are all thug trash.
2. Trumpists will lie to justify it.
3. Because they are all thug trash.
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A 6-year-old just lost his mother. A woman was shot in the face in front of her wife.
The swift, lockstep attempt to dehumanize and villainize Renee Nicole Good might be the most depraved thing we've seen yet from these ghouls and their supporters. These people are utterly fucking dead inside.
The swift, lockstep attempt to dehumanize and villainize Renee Nicole Good might be the most depraved thing we've seen yet from these ghouls and their supporters. These people are utterly fucking dead inside.
Noem: "People need to stop using their vehicles as weapons ... it's clear that it's being coordinated. People are being trained"
January 8, 2026 at 12:22 AM
A 6-year-old just lost his mother. A woman was shot in the face in front of her wife.
The swift, lockstep attempt to dehumanize and villainize Renee Nicole Good might be the most depraved thing we've seen yet from these ghouls and their supporters. These people are utterly fucking dead inside.
The swift, lockstep attempt to dehumanize and villainize Renee Nicole Good might be the most depraved thing we've seen yet from these ghouls and their supporters. These people are utterly fucking dead inside.
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It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
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If the biggest donor to the DCCC/DNC ran a website where you could use AI to take women's clothes off I feel like there'd be a demand for Dems to give the money back.
January 5, 2026 at 11:14 PM
If the biggest donor to the DCCC/DNC ran a website where you could use AI to take women's clothes off I feel like there'd be a demand for Dems to give the money back.
I am old enough to remember this, and *also* that one of the reasons a first-term Senator was able to get the Democratic nomination in 2008 was his history of opposition to the Iraq war. I’m just a boy, asking Congressional leaders to think more than 10 minutes into the
future.
future.
I am old enough to remember the Democrats lining up to say "Saddam Hussein is evil *but*..." and absolutely, 100% failing to deflect even a single accusation of being pro-Saddam and anti-America.
I am literally older than Hakeem Jefferies, but apparently I am also older than Chuck Schumer?
I am literally older than Hakeem Jefferies, but apparently I am also older than Chuck Schumer?
January 4, 2026 at 12:11 PM
I am old enough to remember this, and *also* that one of the reasons a first-term Senator was able to get the Democratic nomination in 2008 was his history of opposition to the Iraq war. I’m just a boy, asking Congressional leaders to think more than 10 minutes into the
future.
future.
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Stop saying that all Schumer and Jeffries ever do is write strongly worded letters. Bullshit. They're not strongly worded at all.
January 4, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Stop saying that all Schumer and Jeffries ever do is write strongly worded letters. Bullshit. They're not strongly worded at all.
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That’s Somali with a hard R.
GOP Rep. Pat Harrigan: "There are members of Congress that they just cannot trust. And I understand that. We have folks that are Somali first and not America first."
January 3, 2026 at 9:53 PM
That’s Somali with a hard R.
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This is why it's also important for domestic elected officials to condemn it as "illegal" and not just gripe about consultation. This is the stuff upon which international law is built. The prohibition against piracy wasn't some entity declaring it illegal worldwide, it was a custom built over time.
For nonlawyers, it’s worth noting that statements like this have—as a formal matter—important legal effects as a matter of international law. If such statements are *not* made, and in volume, future arguments that Trump’s invasion sets a legal precedent will stand on much firmer legal ground.
Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide: "International law is universal and binding for all states. The American intervention in Venezuela is not in accordance with international law."
January 3, 2026 at 10:54 PM
This is why it's also important for domestic elected officials to condemn it as "illegal" and not just gripe about consultation. This is the stuff upon which international law is built. The prohibition against piracy wasn't some entity declaring it illegal worldwide, it was a custom built over time.
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Either it was a limited operation merely to arrest Maduro and move on, or, it is an ongoing major regime change committment that will open up a transition including international and private sector partners. It really can't be both
January 3, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Either it was a limited operation merely to arrest Maduro and move on, or, it is an ongoing major regime change committment that will open up a transition including international and private sector partners. It really can't be both