spaghootighost
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Pro-human ideologue looking to sow something of value. Also, reader, parent, technologist, game-player, and community member.
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Good morning. I read this dispatch from a comrade in Minneapolis this morning and thought that some of you might appreciate it too.
January 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Good morning. I read this dispatch from a comrade in Minneapolis this morning and thought that some of you might appreciate it too.
"The death squad just needs better training and regulation"
I'm sorry what?
I'm sorry what?
“I don’t think the president’s personal militia recruited from white supremacist gangs can be reformed” shouldn’t be a controversial statement, or taken as anything but an obvious statement of fact, and yet here we are.
January 19, 2026 at 3:02 AM
"The death squad just needs better training and regulation"
I'm sorry what?
I'm sorry what?
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“I don’t think the president’s personal militia recruited from white supremacist gangs can be reformed” shouldn’t be a controversial statement, or taken as anything but an obvious statement of fact, and yet here we are.
January 18, 2026 at 5:59 PM
“I don’t think the president’s personal militia recruited from white supremacist gangs can be reformed” shouldn’t be a controversial statement, or taken as anything but an obvious statement of fact, and yet here we are.
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THREAD. Having just written a book about this and talked to a LOT of Democrats, I can assure you that neither Cory Booker nor the policing industry he’s advertising think that more money for ICE “training” and tech would address any problem that any person of good will has with what ICE is doing.
January 18, 2026 at 3:09 PM
THREAD. Having just written a book about this and talked to a LOT of Democrats, I can assure you that neither Cory Booker nor the policing industry he’s advertising think that more money for ICE “training” and tech would address any problem that any person of good will has with what ICE is doing.
Honestly we just need to retract social acceptance and reestablish shame for shameful behavior.
These fuckers won't disappear, but they definitely have to be pushed out of power and they need to be scared to publicly share their diagusting ideas.
These fuckers won't disappear, but they definitely have to be pushed out of power and they need to be scared to publicly share their diagusting ideas.
Just because a lot of people are cruel, bigoted, and brainwashed doesn’t mean we have to find a “middle ground” with them or a “compromise” that satisfies some of their racist delusions. We just don’t.
January 18, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Honestly we just need to retract social acceptance and reestablish shame for shameful behavior.
These fuckers won't disappear, but they definitely have to be pushed out of power and they need to be scared to publicly share their diagusting ideas.
These fuckers won't disappear, but they definitely have to be pushed out of power and they need to be scared to publicly share their diagusting ideas.
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Here's an enraging story I wrote about today: A lady currently incarcerated in Texas has been taking care of a stray cat. It got sick. Her daughter started a fundraiser to pay for the vet. The prison now has put her in solitary confinement. thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/15/p...
After a Prison Cat Fundraiser Went Viral, Texas Officials Put His Caretaker in Solitary Confinement
“She was crying when she called me,” her daughter told The Barbed Wire. “This is not a place my medically challenged mother should be.”
thebarbedwire.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Here's an enraging story I wrote about today: A lady currently incarcerated in Texas has been taking care of a stray cat. It got sick. Her daughter started a fundraiser to pay for the vet. The prison now has put her in solitary confinement. thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/15/p...
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Several of the top podcasters, influencers, and politicians right now are proudly aligned with Nazi sex traffickers and people *still* argue we’re too quick to “cancel” people
January 18, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Several of the top podcasters, influencers, and politicians right now are proudly aligned with Nazi sex traffickers and people *still* argue we’re too quick to “cancel” people
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In Oregon they have been impersonating utility workers. Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB
ICE posing as utility workers to detain immigrants, Gresham lawmaker warns
Oregon state Rep. Ricki Ruiz said three people were detained in his district after ICE agents posed as utility workers.
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January 18, 2026 at 1:10 AM
In Oregon they have been impersonating utility workers. Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB
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There have been confirmed reports from local organizers in Portland ME that ICE is knocking on doors claiming to be from MaineCare and “offering help“
January 18, 2026 at 12:22 AM
There have been confirmed reports from local organizers in Portland ME that ICE is knocking on doors claiming to be from MaineCare and “offering help“
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gavin newsom: i agree with everything steve bannon, charlie kirk, and ben shapiro say.
sane ppl: i will not vote for gavin newsom if he is the democratic presidential candidate.
blue maga: OMG YOU PPL AND YOUR PURITY POLITICS!
it's called 'standards' you dumbasses. get some.
sane ppl: i will not vote for gavin newsom if he is the democratic presidential candidate.
blue maga: OMG YOU PPL AND YOUR PURITY POLITICS!
it's called 'standards' you dumbasses. get some.
January 18, 2026 at 11:52 AM
gavin newsom: i agree with everything steve bannon, charlie kirk, and ben shapiro say.
sane ppl: i will not vote for gavin newsom if he is the democratic presidential candidate.
blue maga: OMG YOU PPL AND YOUR PURITY POLITICS!
it's called 'standards' you dumbasses. get some.
sane ppl: i will not vote for gavin newsom if he is the democratic presidential candidate.
blue maga: OMG YOU PPL AND YOUR PURITY POLITICS!
it's called 'standards' you dumbasses. get some.
So much this.
If your politics requires some group of people to surrender their own basic needs, you aren't different from the Nazis. You just have different aesthetics.
If your politics requires some group of people to surrender their own basic needs, you aren't different from the Nazis. You just have different aesthetics.
Never again. I will not light myself on fire to keep you warm.
January 18, 2026 at 6:28 PM
So much this.
If your politics requires some group of people to surrender their own basic needs, you aren't different from the Nazis. You just have different aesthetics.
If your politics requires some group of people to surrender their own basic needs, you aren't different from the Nazis. You just have different aesthetics.
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Somebody the other day arguing that [paraphrased] "it's important to agree with the right wing that certain of their concerns are valid, because we're losing the rhetorical battle" —no, if we're losing, it's because so-called friends keep validating fascist concerns. "We" who, motherfucker?
January 17, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Somebody the other day arguing that [paraphrased] "it's important to agree with the right wing that certain of their concerns are valid, because we're losing the rhetorical battle" —no, if we're losing, it's because so-called friends keep validating fascist concerns. "We" who, motherfucker?
And this is the thing that OpenAI wants you to use as your therapist.
This really couldn't be worse.
This really couldn't be worse.
once again this just reads like a horror story
January 18, 2026 at 2:20 PM
And this is the thing that OpenAI wants you to use as your therapist.
This really couldn't be worse.
This really couldn't be worse.
I can't stop thinking about this.
One of the assumptions of this meltdown is the same as the core fascist one: everyone has a role, some to live in comfort and receive money, others to die for the cause.
Those dumb bodies that are supposed to die for the cause ought not question their betters.
One of the assumptions of this meltdown is the same as the core fascist one: everyone has a role, some to live in comfort and receive money, others to die for the cause.
Those dumb bodies that are supposed to die for the cause ought not question their betters.
Simon Rosenberg appears to be absolutely unserious.
"fuck you / we need you / you are toxic" is maybe the most amazing response I've ever seen. Utterly deranged.
All in response to a reasonable, reporting-based ask about Dem fundraising and how it applies to MN.
"fuck you / we need you / you are toxic" is maybe the most amazing response I've ever seen. Utterly deranged.
All in response to a reasonable, reporting-based ask about Dem fundraising and how it applies to MN.
Oh, one more.
January 18, 2026 at 12:06 PM
I can't stop thinking about this.
One of the assumptions of this meltdown is the same as the core fascist one: everyone has a role, some to live in comfort and receive money, others to die for the cause.
Those dumb bodies that are supposed to die for the cause ought not question their betters.
One of the assumptions of this meltdown is the same as the core fascist one: everyone has a role, some to live in comfort and receive money, others to die for the cause.
Those dumb bodies that are supposed to die for the cause ought not question their betters.
Simon Rosenberg appears to be absolutely unserious.
"fuck you / we need you / you are toxic" is maybe the most amazing response I've ever seen. Utterly deranged.
All in response to a reasonable, reporting-based ask about Dem fundraising and how it applies to MN.
"fuck you / we need you / you are toxic" is maybe the most amazing response I've ever seen. Utterly deranged.
All in response to a reasonable, reporting-based ask about Dem fundraising and how it applies to MN.
January 18, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Simon Rosenberg appears to be absolutely unserious.
"fuck you / we need you / you are toxic" is maybe the most amazing response I've ever seen. Utterly deranged.
All in response to a reasonable, reporting-based ask about Dem fundraising and how it applies to MN.
"fuck you / we need you / you are toxic" is maybe the most amazing response I've ever seen. Utterly deranged.
All in response to a reasonable, reporting-based ask about Dem fundraising and how it applies to MN.
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I went on Substack to suggest to Simon Rosenberg that there might be some valid reasons for Minneapolis activists to be suspicious of Dem party fundraising. Ooof.
January 18, 2026 at 2:59 AM
I went on Substack to suggest to Simon Rosenberg that there might be some valid reasons for Minneapolis activists to be suspicious of Dem party fundraising. Ooof.
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I argued that communities targeted by ICE should be granted citizenship immediately. This is both a matter of justice and an imperative if we're going to crush fascism.
Fascism thrives where there are groups that lack full rights. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/for-immigr...
Fascism thrives where there are groups that lack full rights. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/for-immigr...
For Immigrants, Citizenship Now
Abolishing ICE isn’t enough.
www.everythingishorrible.net
January 13, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I argued that communities targeted by ICE should be granted citizenship immediately. This is both a matter of justice and an imperative if we're going to crush fascism.
Fascism thrives where there are groups that lack full rights. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/for-immigr...
Fascism thrives where there are groups that lack full rights. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/for-immigr...
This just in: protestors cause winter.
Tricia McLaughlin: "They are pouring cold water on the ground so that our ICE law enforcement vehicles will slide, crash, and potentially kill them"
January 17, 2026 at 10:10 PM
This just in: protestors cause winter.
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Also, when you defy Trump, you’re kind of implicitly making fools of the elite law firms and universities and media companies and billionaires and Congress, which is fun.
January 17, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Also, when you defy Trump, you’re kind of implicitly making fools of the elite law firms and universities and media companies and billionaires and Congress, which is fun.
I don't have this first hand, but I hear the counter protestors got his macho tactical vest away from him and kept it as a trophy.
Right-wing influencer Jake Lang is stuck in a window recess against Minneapolis City Hall.
He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
January 17, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I don't have this first hand, but I hear the counter protestors got his macho tactical vest away from him and kept it as a trophy.
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stay cold you wet nazi bitch lmaoooo
Right-wing influencer Jake Lang is stuck in a window recess against Minneapolis City Hall.
He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
January 17, 2026 at 7:27 PM
stay cold you wet nazi bitch lmaoooo
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Downtown Minneapolis currently—
Jake Lang and a handful of other racists/RW propagandists are surrounded by about 50 cameras and some antifascists chanting him down. A banner the group arrived with has been broken.
Jake Lang and a handful of other racists/RW propagandists are surrounded by about 50 cameras and some antifascists chanting him down. A banner the group arrived with has been broken.
January 17, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Downtown Minneapolis currently—
Jake Lang and a handful of other racists/RW propagandists are surrounded by about 50 cameras and some antifascists chanting him down. A banner the group arrived with has been broken.
Jake Lang and a handful of other racists/RW propagandists are surrounded by about 50 cameras and some antifascists chanting him down. A banner the group arrived with has been broken.
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Also please be aware that Cortez Masto wants to ruin this plan by redirecting ICE funding to local law enforcement. Tell your reps NO. Local law enforcement is COLLABORATING WITH ICE. They must get NOTHING. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/after...
After House progressives vow to oppose funding ICE, Cortez Masto, Rosen make moderate proposal • Nevada Current
Nevada Democratic U.S. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen want to redirect a portion of funding allocated for immigration enforcement as part of the GOP-backed multitrillion-dollar domestic ...
nevadacurrent.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Also please be aware that Cortez Masto wants to ruin this plan by redirecting ICE funding to local law enforcement. Tell your reps NO. Local law enforcement is COLLABORATING WITH ICE. They must get NOTHING. nevadacurrent.com/briefs/after...
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Hey, people are permanently losing their eyesight at some of these protests and have been for some time. These people, the ones that have put their bodies on the line, are among the people who would benefit from your usage of alt-text when posting protest related imagery.
January 17, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Hey, people are permanently losing their eyesight at some of these protests and have been for some time. These people, the ones that have put their bodies on the line, are among the people who would benefit from your usage of alt-text when posting protest related imagery.