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thinking about how, in the Russian history elective I took in HS, every time a tsar was facing domestic weakness the teacher would turn to the assembled students and ask "so what is it time for?" and we would chant "stunning territorial annexation!" and she would respond "well, DUH, girls"
January 3, 2026 at 3:22 PM
thinking about how, in the Russian history elective I took in HS, every time a tsar was facing domestic weakness the teacher would turn to the assembled students and ask "so what is it time for?" and we would chant "stunning territorial annexation!" and she would respond "well, DUH, girls"
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Great to join the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Marade, marching to call out injustice and for love to crowd out hate.
January 19, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Great to join the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Marade, marching to call out injustice and for love to crowd out hate.
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GIFT article
Trump's Letter To Norway Should Be The Last Straw
Will Republicans in Congress Ever Step In?
by Anne Applebaum
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump's Letter To Norway Should Be The Last Straw
Will Republicans in Congress Ever Step In?
by Anne Applebaum
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw
Will Republicans in Congress ever step in?
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
GIFT article
Trump's Letter To Norway Should Be The Last Straw
Will Republicans in Congress Ever Step In?
by Anne Applebaum
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump's Letter To Norway Should Be The Last Straw
Will Republicans in Congress Ever Step In?
by Anne Applebaum
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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How long until we see a clip of Mike Johnson saying he doesn’t know about Trump’s letter to the prime minister of Norway
January 19, 2026 at 7:06 PM
How long until we see a clip of Mike Johnson saying he doesn’t know about Trump’s letter to the prime minister of Norway
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Donald Trump is a child , a cringy little child throwing a tantrum because he didn't get what he wanted.
January 19, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Donald Trump is a child , a cringy little child throwing a tantrum because he didn't get what he wanted.
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Drone footage shows a massive pileup involving more than 100 vehicles in Michigan, with injuries reported as hazardous winter conditions grip the area.
January 19, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Drone footage shows a massive pileup involving more than 100 vehicles in Michigan, with injuries reported as hazardous winter conditions grip the area.
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ICE illegally detained a snow plow driver from Minnesota
January 19, 2026 at 6:32 PM
ICE illegally detained a snow plow driver from Minnesota
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In his letter to Jonas Gahr Støre, the prime minister of Norway, Trump's displays his profound psychological pathology. Trump thinks this makes him look strong – but it's a bizarre tantrum of a megalomaniac-dark tetrad who is aggressively destabilizing the world and pushing us to another world war.
January 19, 2026 at 7:25 PM
In his letter to Jonas Gahr Støre, the prime minister of Norway, Trump's displays his profound psychological pathology. Trump thinks this makes him look strong – but it's a bizarre tantrum of a megalomaniac-dark tetrad who is aggressively destabilizing the world and pushing us to another world war.
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The message of Trump’s letter to the prime minister of Norway signals that the president “genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/U0fviLiM
January 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The message of Trump’s letter to the prime minister of Norway signals that the president “genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/U0fviLiM
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A breakdown of the Trump looney gram to PM Støre.
With Greenland Threats, Trump is Destroying the Western Alliance
A point-by-point breakdown of Donald Trump's aggressive letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre about a Nobel Peace Prize and control of Greenland
open.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:34 PM
A breakdown of the Trump looney gram to PM Støre.
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If you don't know, @elliottpayne.org is the president of the Minneapolis city council.
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 6:50 PM
If you don't know, @elliottpayne.org is the president of the Minneapolis city council.
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mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:09 AM
mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
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A pet cow named Veronika can scratch her back with a broom, the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows.
“Perhaps the absurd thing was not the absurdity of a cow using tools," one researcher said, "but the absurdity of us never thinking that a cow might be intelligent.”
“Perhaps the absurd thing was not the absurdity of a cow using tools," one researcher said, "but the absurdity of us never thinking that a cow might be intelligent.”
Cows Use Tools, Too, New Study Finds
A pet cow named Veronika can scratch her own back with a broom — the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows, researchers say.
nyti.ms
January 19, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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sorry what the fuck
January 19, 2026 at 6:22 PM
sorry what the fuck
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“Kind, good, happy, gentlemanly, secure people never go Nazi….But the frustrated and humiliated intellectual, the rich and scared speculator, the spoiled son, the labor tyrant, the fellow who has achieved success by smelling out the wind of success—they would all go Nazi in a crisis.” — D. Thompson*
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino marches through Minneapolis surrounded by federal agents, shouting at American citizens.
This isn’t about deporting “the worst of the worst.” It’s about deliberately sowing fear and chaos in cities that oppose the Trump regime
ht: @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social
This isn’t about deporting “the worst of the worst.” It’s about deliberately sowing fear and chaos in cities that oppose the Trump regime
ht: @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 4:21 AM
“Kind, good, happy, gentlemanly, secure people never go Nazi….But the frustrated and humiliated intellectual, the rich and scared speculator, the spoiled son, the labor tyrant, the fellow who has achieved success by smelling out the wind of success—they would all go Nazi in a crisis.” — D. Thompson*
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As I understand it, the rationale of the cops and cop-defenders is that the rhetoric in the Facebook comment could have agitated someone else into doing something violent or illegal.
Here are some of the problems with that theory.
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Here are some of the problems with that theory.
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A woman left a comment on Facebook criticizing the Mayor of Miami Beach,.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
As I understand it, the rationale of the cops and cop-defenders is that the rhetoric in the Facebook comment could have agitated someone else into doing something violent or illegal.
Here are some of the problems with that theory.
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Here are some of the problems with that theory.
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A woman left a comment on Facebook criticizing the Mayor of Miami Beach,.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
January 19, 2026 at 3:52 PM
A woman left a comment on Facebook criticizing the Mayor of Miami Beach,.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
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Cassidy was a shock vote to convict Trump in J6 impeachment. He’d just won a 6-year term in 2020. Cassidy, a doctor & HELP chair by ‘25, reluctantly votes for RFK and softens his criticisms on vaccine policy. Now with RFK’s agenda fully underway, Trump delivers the knife. Timing.
Trump throws a dagger into the Louisiana Senate race, pushing Rep. Julia Letlow to challenge Sen. Bill Cassidy, who has worked hard to stay on Trump’s good side.
Trump: “Should she decide to enter this Race, Julia Letlow has my Complete and Total Endorsement. RUN, JULIA, RUN!!!”
Trump: “Should she decide to enter this Race, Julia Letlow has my Complete and Total Endorsement. RUN, JULIA, RUN!!!”
January 19, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Cassidy was a shock vote to convict Trump in J6 impeachment. He’d just won a 6-year term in 2020. Cassidy, a doctor & HELP chair by ‘25, reluctantly votes for RFK and softens his criticisms on vaccine policy. Now with RFK’s agenda fully underway, Trump delivers the knife. Timing.
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The fact is that many Americans have never had to be engaged in politics because they have never noticed how the government affects them. Roads are paved and tax returns come on time. It's a privilege. Many Americans, however, have not had the luxury of ignoring government.
January 19, 2026 at 12:51 PM
The fact is that many Americans have never had to be engaged in politics because they have never noticed how the government affects them. Roads are paved and tax returns come on time. It's a privilege. Many Americans, however, have not had the luxury of ignoring government.
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This is probably the most accurate description.
Someone in their mid-50s today told me that this is the first time he had thought about or been affected by politics. And that guy is actively guarding buildings and his coworkers from ICE.
Someone in their mid-50s today told me that this is the first time he had thought about or been affected by politics. And that guy is actively guarding buildings and his coworkers from ICE.
Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
This is so smart. I’m so impressed with all the different ways you’re helping your neighbors.
January 19, 2026 at 2:44 AM
This is probably the most accurate description.
Someone in their mid-50s today told me that this is the first time he had thought about or been affected by politics. And that guy is actively guarding buildings and his coworkers from ICE.
Someone in their mid-50s today told me that this is the first time he had thought about or been affected by politics. And that guy is actively guarding buildings and his coworkers from ICE.
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I think of this often.
January 18, 2026 at 3:40 AM
I think of this often.
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ICE kidnapped an elderly Hmong man in St. Paul, Minnesota. The temperature was sub-zero, and he was taken only wearing shorts and Crocs, and no shirt. (1/18/26)
January 18, 2026 at 8:32 PM
ICE kidnapped an elderly Hmong man in St. Paul, Minnesota. The temperature was sub-zero, and he was taken only wearing shorts and Crocs, and no shirt. (1/18/26)