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Far-right lawmakers want Trump to double down on ICE violence
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/1/27/2365808/-Far-right-lawmakers-want-Trump-to-double-down-on-ICE-violence

Ich würde es mir anschauen, das Rhinozeros im Raum von Itamar Gov in #Magdeburg
Ist leider nur ein bisschen weit weg.
https://www.itamargov.com/projects/the-rhi

The Rhinoceros in the Room. Or: A Tale of Banality and Evil | itamar gov
Eugène Ionesco’s absurdist play 'Rhinoceros' from 1959 depicts a sleepy French town whose inhabitants gradually metamorphose into rhinoceroses and come to peacefully accept the destruction and violence that this collective transformation entails. The piece was a response to the rise of authoritarian ideologies in the period leading up to WWII, and it explored broader themes of conformity, collective and individual responsibility, mass movements, mob mentality, and morality. The concept of �…

„As the state imposed a sweeping information blackout and advanced claims blaming foreign agents for the violence, this brutality has nonetheless been met with a striking absence of sustained outrage in spaces that otherwise position themselves as opponents of state violence. Among Western progressives, the response has largely been silence.“

Regarding the Erasure of Iranian Uprising - TripleAmpersand Journal (&&&)
The most recent state crackdown on Iranian protesters stands among the most violent suppressions of public dissent in Iran’s modern history. Protesters have been killed, blinded, and mass-arrested. As the state imposed a sweeping information blackout and advanced claims blaming foreign agents for the violence, this brutality has nonetheless been met with a striking absence… Read More »

"...who campaigned on a promise to extricate the US from decades of “endless wars” during his 2024 run for president."
It'simportant to note these are airstrikes and bombings - and that's very different from wars. It avoids the distressful images of wounded and dead service members returning to the US, while using very expensive technology, thus providing purchase orders to very important business interests, and it provides the psycological benefit of violence to imp…

"...who campaigned on a promise to extricate the US from decades of “endless wars” during his 2024 run for president."
It'simportant to note these are airstrikes and bombings - and that's very different from wars. It avoids the distressful images of wounded and dead service members returning to the US, while using very expensive technology, thus providing purchase orders to very important business interests, and it provides the psycological benefit of violence to imp…

The paradox of Nazism being both the most capitalist thing possible, defining itself as explicitly anticommunist, while masquerading as "socialism" is difficult to resolve until you understand one thing: fascism pivots around antisemitism (and its extension, conspiratorial thinking).
I'm, of course, not talking about the redefinition of "antisemitism" into meaning any criticism of Israel but rather an anti-Jewish conspiracy narrative rooted in Roman Christianity.
This is critical to understand as MAGA fascism pivots between capitalist and pseudo-anticapitalist with Trump in the middle. Hitler did the same thing. Strasserism helped the Nazis gain power by pulling in the Left. In the Nazis case they killed the Stasserists pretty quickly. Now, I think we're seeing an attempt to make the opposite pivot happen in MAGA. But it's all the same thing.
Fascism can infinitely fail to address the needs of the people while dismissing it's own responsibility for creating the problem by maintaining a permanent enemy.
This is why it's important to understand antisemitism and how to fight it. It's especially important now because the apparatus of violence in Israel is itself a tool of global fascism, and we finally have an opportunity to dismantle the whole thing. But we have to be aware of how fascists can pivot around to block this.
I've been reading Safety Through Solidarity, and I think it's especially relevant at this time.
https://www.akpress.org/safety-through-solidarity.html

Finished “People Like Us” by Jason Mott.
I will admit that there were moments early where I struggled, trying to puzzle out the dual narratives. You have to accept it as experimental writing with a plurality in scope. When I surrendered and just READ, I absolutely loved it!
What is it about? So much. Gun violence. Where home is. America. Race. Writers. Trauma & coping. Time travel. Peacocks.
So much to say, but for spoilers 🤐
5/5 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

People Like Us
The riveting new novel by the author of the 2021 Nation…

It's extremly frustrating to read stories of sexual violence in (German) academia and peers supporting the perpetrator over and over again.
https://forbetterscience.com/2026/01/23/schneider-shorts-23-…

Schneider Shorts 23.01.2026 – Marginalised and isolated in academic publishing activities
Schneider Shorts 23.01.2026 – German sexual harasser defended by peers, Italian cheater defended by former mentor, Daddy’s darling wins in court, antivaxxer loses in court, retractions …

Videos show security forces firing into crowds in at least six cities across Iran

The videos that have surfaced in recent days paint a stark picture of the crackdown on protests and the rising death toll.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigati

Amid Iran’s blackout, videos show lethal violence across the country
A Washington Post review of videos from Iran posted online of recent protests illustrates how widely violence has spread.

One bright spot from its depraved violence: ICE is making an airtight case for abolishing itself
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/1/13/2363177/-One-bright-spot-from-depraved-violence-ICE-is-making-an-airtight-case-for-abolishing-it