Verna
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The standout sketch from last night’s "Saturday Night Live" imagined a Trump supporter changed by recent news—and illustrated just how hard it can be to talk to family about politics, Paula Mejía writes:
‘SNL’ Satirizes a Politically Divided Family Trying to Talk
Last night’s standout performance was about a mom who was reconsidering her beliefs.
bit.ly
February 1, 2026 at 6:57 PM
The standout sketch from last night’s "Saturday Night Live" imagined a Trump supporter changed by recent news—and illustrated just how hard it can be to talk to family about politics, Paula Mejía writes:
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America in 2026, folks.
If your children got tear gassed today I want to hear from you, even if you don’t live in my district. You can contact my office at [email protected]
February 1, 2026 at 12:26 PM
America in 2026, folks.
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A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
February 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
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@handsoffnyc.bsky.social held an at-capacity training today for nearly 1,000 New Yorkers, covering Know Your Rights, ICE Watch, and organizing & mobilizing strategies. Then, they connected everyone to local neighborhood groups so they can work together to protect their neighbors. We’re going to win.
February 1, 2026 at 2:56 AM
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social held an at-capacity training today for nearly 1,000 New Yorkers, covering Know Your Rights, ICE Watch, and organizing & mobilizing strategies. Then, they connected everyone to local neighborhood groups so they can work together to protect their neighbors. We’re going to win.
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I just drove past an abandoned car, with the doors open. (wrong side of highway, others had already stopped.)
This is Minnesota. No one for any reason intentionally leaves their car on the side of the road w/the doors open in January
Please understand: nothing has changed here. Please tell people
This is Minnesota. No one for any reason intentionally leaves their car on the side of the road w/the doors open in January
Please understand: nothing has changed here. Please tell people
January 31, 2026 at 7:18 PM
I just drove past an abandoned car, with the doors open. (wrong side of highway, others had already stopped.)
This is Minnesota. No one for any reason intentionally leaves their car on the side of the road w/the doors open in January
Please understand: nothing has changed here. Please tell people
This is Minnesota. No one for any reason intentionally leaves their car on the side of the road w/the doors open in January
Please understand: nothing has changed here. Please tell people
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It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
February 1, 2026 at 3:10 AM
It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
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Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
February 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
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Given that any "training" or "practice" mandate imposed on ICE will depend on the Klansmen and Nazis of the Trump administration following through, I don't understand why the top priority for Democrats is not *taking away money* from ICE. It is the biggest source of actual leverage.
January 30, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Given that any "training" or "practice" mandate imposed on ICE will depend on the Klansmen and Nazis of the Trump administration following through, I don't understand why the top priority for Democrats is not *taking away money* from ICE. It is the biggest source of actual leverage.
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Important update: a federal judge has ruled that Russ Vought & OMB were breaking the law & must tell the public exactly how they are spending (or not spending) funds appropriated by Congress.
I wrote this law years ago to ensure transparency and accountability.
I wrote this law years ago to ensure transparency and accountability.
BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reveal how it apportions taxpayer money, including information it apparently tried to hide through spend plans in footnotes.
This is a huge win for transparency and accountability!
This is a huge win for transparency and accountability!
Court once again shuts down OMB attempts to keep spending secret - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
A federal judge ordered the Trump admin to reveal legally binding plans to spend congressionally appropriated funds today in a lawsuit brought by CREW against OMB and OMB's Director Russell Vought.
www.citizensforethics.org
January 30, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Important update: a federal judge has ruled that Russ Vought & OMB were breaking the law & must tell the public exactly how they are spending (or not spending) funds appropriated by Congress.
I wrote this law years ago to ensure transparency and accountability.
I wrote this law years ago to ensure transparency and accountability.
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The college at which I'm employed, which has signed a contract with the AI firm that stole books from 131 colleagues & me, paid a student to write an op-ed for the student paper promoting AI, guided the writing of it, and did not disclose this to the paper. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
College approached and paid student to write op-ed in The Dartmouth
The Dartmouth ran the article on Nov. 17 without knowledge that the College had been involved.
www.thedartmouth.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:40 PM
The college at which I'm employed, which has signed a contract with the AI firm that stole books from 131 colleagues & me, paid a student to write an op-ed for the student paper promoting AI, guided the writing of it, and did not disclose this to the paper. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
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Seems like one of those issues that should greatly concern everyone regardless of their politics.
January 29, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Seems like one of those issues that should greatly concern everyone regardless of their politics.
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As good an illustration as any that "woke" for these folks just means "non-white people are allowed to exist."
Tuberville: "Unfortunately we've got the Woke Bowl, because we're getting more and more woke. We got Bad Bunny or Bad Rabbit at halftime. I'll be watching the TPUSA halftime show. It's just unfortunate we've gotten to this point."
January 29, 2026 at 10:49 PM
As good an illustration as any that "woke" for these folks just means "non-white people are allowed to exist."
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Well, that went about as well as could be expected.
January 29, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Well, that went about as well as could be expected.
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I saw two off duty ICE officers over a week ago. These people truly stand out. Last night in Portland, two ICE agents were ran out of a local brewery.
Hey, let’s go to Maine in the dead of winter, a time of year that certainly won’t make us more recognizable to a populace that has the ability to spot an out-of-stater from 500 yards away.
January 27, 2026 at 4:44 AM
I saw two off duty ICE officers over a week ago. These people truly stand out. Last night in Portland, two ICE agents were ran out of a local brewery.
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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.
We are reaching the end of the “era of the witness“, collectively we must never forget.
Read the President’s Statement here: link.europa.eu/WKhfbf
January 27, 2026 at 11:04 AM
We are reaching the end of the “era of the witness“, collectively we must never forget.
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Welcome to America, where Republicans only care about injustice if they see themselves in the victims.
So it took the murder of a white man carrying a legally registered gun for personal protection to finally make some Republicans wake the fuck up? The murder of Renee Good wasn't enough I guess because she was a woman and gay. I'll take victories where we can, but none of this shit is ok!!!!!!!!! 🤬
January 26, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Welcome to America, where Republicans only care about injustice if they see themselves in the victims.
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STOP THE PRESSES!!! Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) is concerned!!! (Federal agents are currently operating in a surge to the state of Maine, but let's not get all fussy about it).
January 26, 2026 at 11:45 PM
STOP THE PRESSES!!! Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) is concerned!!! (Federal agents are currently operating in a surge to the state of Maine, but let's not get all fussy about it).
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They'll do this, and while certainly organizers can learn from MN's experience, Maine is a different place and the same things won't be possible there in exactly the same ways. But other things will be!
Everything they learned in Minnesota they’re applying in Maine from day one. They started off doing fast-moving snatch and grabs on the street, recording and using facial id on observers, and threatening observers directly. They’ll do it all where you live too.
Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
January 27, 2026 at 12:28 AM
They'll do this, and while certainly organizers can learn from MN's experience, Maine is a different place and the same things won't be possible there in exactly the same ways. But other things will be!
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Chris Madel: "The president posted something on Truth Social saying it was a time of reckoning and retribution on the citizens of my state, and I've seen that happen and I cannot be a part of it, and I can't be a part of a party that's a part of that"
January 27, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Chris Madel: "The president posted something on Truth Social saying it was a time of reckoning and retribution on the citizens of my state, and I've seen that happen and I cannot be a part of it, and I can't be a part of a party that's a part of that"
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Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
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Every instance in which the Trump administration is forced to make changes, even cosmetic alterations like removing Bovine, is a good sign that US democracy is not yet dead.
Trump wants unchecked power. But public and political opinion still matters - and that should encourage resistance.
Trump wants unchecked power. But public and political opinion still matters - and that should encourage resistance.
January 27, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Every instance in which the Trump administration is forced to make changes, even cosmetic alterations like removing Bovine, is a good sign that US democracy is not yet dead.
Trump wants unchecked power. But public and political opinion still matters - and that should encourage resistance.
Trump wants unchecked power. But public and political opinion still matters - and that should encourage resistance.
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Listen to Chris Mandel, who dropped out of the GOP primary for MN Governor this morning, just laying into Trump on national television. It's incredible. 6/
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Chris Madel: "The president posted something on Truth Social saying it was a time of reckoning and retribution on the citizens of my state, and I've seen that happen and I cannot be a part of it, and I can't be a part of a party that's a part of that"
January 27, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Listen to Chris Mandel, who dropped out of the GOP primary for MN Governor this morning, just laying into Trump on national television. It's incredible. 6/
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The good people of Germany have found this post and now I know that the word “clown” is the same in both languages.
I’ve also been building quite a collection of German insults, so thank you and wilkcommen.
I’ve also been building quite a collection of German insults, so thank you and wilkcommen.
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
January 26, 2026 at 11:33 PM
The good people of Germany have found this post and now I know that the word “clown” is the same in both languages.
I’ve also been building quite a collection of German insults, so thank you and wilkcommen.
I’ve also been building quite a collection of German insults, so thank you and wilkcommen.
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Scalise lies: "The want to defund ICE. They defunded police. The police chief of Mpls said yesterday multiple times how stretched thin his department is. They don't have enough people because Mpls defunded the police." (Police were not defunded and MPD is stretched thin bc of unrest caused by ICE)
January 26, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Scalise lies: "The want to defund ICE. They defunded police. The police chief of Mpls said yesterday multiple times how stretched thin his department is. They don't have enough people because Mpls defunded the police." (Police were not defunded and MPD is stretched thin bc of unrest caused by ICE)