Steve Batovsky 🗽
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Just another hairless ape. YNWA. He/him.
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Both these options sound objectively amazing, why do racists keep assuming everyone's racist?
February 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Both these options sound objectively amazing, why do racists keep assuming everyone's racist?
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
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Benito said it best! Together, we are America - and love is an American value.
February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Benito said it best! Together, we are America - and love is an American value.
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I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
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america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
america could be such a cool fucking place if we’d just let it be
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i'm sorry but if you didn't enjoy that it's definitely a you problem
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
i'm sorry but if you didn't enjoy that it's definitely a you problem
Hey Puppy Bowl, where’s the kitty half time show?
February 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Hey Puppy Bowl, where’s the kitty half time show?
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you have wonder if the problem was “world,” “facts,” or “books”
February 5, 2026 at 12:51 AM
you have wonder if the problem was “world,” “facts,” or “books”
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Just checking... so if Pres. Harris measured boys' penises w/ her hands while auctioning them off to rich women - & it came to light while she oversaw 2 state murders of people protesting her - while invading a US state & a sovereign nation, she'd STILL be in office?
CALL YOUR REPS
#RemoveTrump
CALL YOUR REPS
#RemoveTrump
January 31, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Just checking... so if Pres. Harris measured boys' penises w/ her hands while auctioning them off to rich women - & it came to light while she oversaw 2 state murders of people protesting her - while invading a US state & a sovereign nation, she'd STILL be in office?
CALL YOUR REPS
#RemoveTrump
CALL YOUR REPS
#RemoveTrump
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The thing that shocks me most is that all of this incriminating stuff was sitting at the DOJ for 4 years and Biden & Garland were not cynical or ruthless enough to use it against Trump & Musk in the run up to 2024.
If only they were the evil ‘weaponizers of government’ that MAGA claimed they were!
If only they were the evil ‘weaponizers of government’ that MAGA claimed they were!
January 31, 2026 at 12:12 PM
The thing that shocks me most is that all of this incriminating stuff was sitting at the DOJ for 4 years and Biden & Garland were not cynical or ruthless enough to use it against Trump & Musk in the run up to 2024.
If only they were the evil ‘weaponizers of government’ that MAGA claimed they were!
If only they were the evil ‘weaponizers of government’ that MAGA claimed they were!
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This is exactly the kind of Christian nationalist overreach the Constitution forbids, and it only stops if we push back.
Texas is about to mandate Bible stories and passages on public school reading lists—starting in kindergarten.
One State Board of Education member bragged, "This would bring the Word of God back into schools."
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-texas-...
One State Board of Education member bragged, "This would bring the Word of God back into schools."
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-texas-...
The Texas Board of Education plans to force kids to read the Bible in public schools
A new state-sanctioned reading list smuggles Christian doctrine into classrooms under the guise of a literary canon
www.friendlyatheist.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:39 PM
This is exactly the kind of Christian nationalist overreach the Constitution forbids, and it only stops if we push back.
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Repubs: Children being mowed down in schools is acceptable price for having guns.
Also Repubs: If you carry a gun and we don’t like you, we will execute you and blame you for your own murder bc you had a gun.
Also Repubs: If you carry a gun and we don’t like you, we will execute you and blame you for your own murder bc you had a gun.
January 29, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Repubs: Children being mowed down in schools is acceptable price for having guns.
Also Repubs: If you carry a gun and we don’t like you, we will execute you and blame you for your own murder bc you had a gun.
Also Repubs: If you carry a gun and we don’t like you, we will execute you and blame you for your own murder bc you had a gun.
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This is still unacceptable. There is no reform possible for a culture of lawlessness. You have to rip it up at the root and create a whole new culture.
SCHUMER says Democrats are “united” behind three DHS reforms
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
January 28, 2026 at 9:09 PM
This is still unacceptable. There is no reform possible for a culture of lawlessness. You have to rip it up at the root and create a whole new culture.
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.
We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
Lies and Lawlessness
The Camps, the Executions, and the Future
snyder.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:25 PM
The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.
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Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.
January 24, 2026 at 4:52 PM
On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.
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All those people downtown yesterday, no ICE involvement, and not one incident. ICE shows up in a neighborhood and now another Minnesotan is dead. It's pretty obvious who the violent outside agitators are.
January 24, 2026 at 4:09 PM
All those people downtown yesterday, no ICE involvement, and not one incident. ICE shows up in a neighborhood and now another Minnesotan is dead. It's pretty obvious who the violent outside agitators are.
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If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
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Again, I’m going to keep banging the drum that the fact we are threatening the territorial sovereignty of our closest allies is not only a gross violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations & poses a massive threat to national security & world order but also should immediately end this presidency.
French troops deploying to Greenland because the United States might try to take it over.
Today in 2026 sentences.
Today in 2026 sentences.
❗️An initial group of 🇫🇷French mountain troops has arrived in 🇬🇱Greenland to prepare for the reception and deployment of the main contingent. French authorities have stated that additional land, aviation, and naval units will be dispatched in the coming days.
January 17, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Again, I’m going to keep banging the drum that the fact we are threatening the territorial sovereignty of our closest allies is not only a gross violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations & poses a massive threat to national security & world order but also should immediately end this presidency.
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There shouldn’t be a Department of Homeland Security. It’s a grab bag of various agencies under a dangerously murky heading which can and now has been co-opted for a fascist transition.
Abolish ICE and redistribute the other agencies.
Abolish ICE and redistribute the other agencies.
the only reason "abolish ICE" is seen as radical is that no one will say it but the far left. if every normie Democrat started saying it tomorrow it would move the overton window so far you'd have to squint to find it. my kingdom for leaders who understand they can shape public opinion.
Democrats officially going all in on the mealy mouthed “ICE needs training” narrative.
No. ABOLISH ICE.
No. ABOLISH ICE.
January 15, 2026 at 5:36 PM
There shouldn’t be a Department of Homeland Security. It’s a grab bag of various agencies under a dangerously murky heading which can and now has been co-opted for a fascist transition.
Abolish ICE and redistribute the other agencies.
Abolish ICE and redistribute the other agencies.
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It should be self-evident. But Greenland and its allies need to reassert its right to self-determination over and over again to underscore the illegitimacy of Trump's imperial ambitions & potential actions.
No takeover of Greenland under any circumstances.
No purchase. No negotiation. No invasion.
No takeover of Greenland under any circumstances.
No purchase. No negotiation. No invasion.
January 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
It should be self-evident. But Greenland and its allies need to reassert its right to self-determination over and over again to underscore the illegitimacy of Trump's imperial ambitions & potential actions.
No takeover of Greenland under any circumstances.
No purchase. No negotiation. No invasion.
No takeover of Greenland under any circumstances.
No purchase. No negotiation. No invasion.
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It’s still wild that “orange man invades countries, burns oil, destroys planet” isn’t a cartoon plot but an actual real-life dude we all have to deal with.
January 10, 2026 at 11:04 AM
It’s still wild that “orange man invades countries, burns oil, destroys planet” isn’t a cartoon plot but an actual real-life dude we all have to deal with.
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ICE and MAGA out of America.
January 12, 2026 at 1:51 PM
ICE and MAGA out of America.
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“What we witnessed this week in the murder of a young mother by an ICE officer was a culmination of MAGA momentum towards an autocratic and fascistic state. They want to be the enforcers in the army of America First White Nationalists.” open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
'Behind the Wheel'
As she was pulling away from an icy curb in Minneapolis on her last morning on this planet, Renee Nicole Good waved through the ICE vehicle that carried her killer.
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:13 PM
“What we witnessed this week in the murder of a young mother by an ICE officer was a culmination of MAGA momentum towards an autocratic and fascistic state. They want to be the enforcers in the army of America First White Nationalists.” open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...