2026-01-23 15:47:24
The Choice
#RankedChoiceVoting #uspol
Holy Cow, Young Conservatives Are NOT Okay BY The Bulwark
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I struggle to process the fact that Todd Blanche gave my husband his very first job offer in law.
(Yes, THAT Todd Blanche from the DoJ, deputy attorney general, the one who has been in the news for all kinds of terrible things he’s up to)
I went to a party with that guy 3 years ago! And now he’s doing increasingly cartoonish villain things every other week.
He seemed normal. Fun, actually.
And then months after he went to defend Trump as his personal lawyer and since then we’ve continued to be confused and disturbed.
We haven’t had any contact with him after he went to work for Trump, of course. But I can’t stop wondering how the fuck the person my husband worked with is the same person defending pedophiles. (Allegedly)
#USPol #ToddBlanche
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OK, OK. Here's a board of peas. Now can I have a Nobel prize?
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I'm old enough to remember the unraveling of the Watergate cover-up, and the Epstein story has a very familiar stench. #USpol
Greenland should rename itself “Epsteinland” and I guarantee Trump will forget all about it.
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It is curious how quiet Vance and Rubio are on the Greenland matter.
Not that I would expect them to publicly counter Trumps incoherent rantings but strange that they are not (as far as I am aware) loudly supporting Trumps message. Bessent seems to be more vocal about it.
An optimist would think that perhaps something is going on to remove Trump.
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I would love to post more often but just can't post happy / interesting stuff with this moron in the office of US president and the shit that he is pulling off. The country is run by a large collection of grifters and complete imbeciles and so far there is no way out of this... at best it will be full four years of idiocy but you know they won't stop there. Sigh, sometimes you wonder what to do. #USpol
I'm going to go back to my social media break, but before I do I'm going to leave you with a thought experiment.
Imagine we're in the middle of the second American Civil War. What do you wish you had done to prepare? What do you wish you had done to bring the regime down faster? What do you wish you had done to avoid this ever happening?
Got some ideas? Think about them. Talk them over with friends. Ok... Now what can you do right now? Ok, now do it.
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Abolish the office of United States president. It's too much power for one person, even when the president follows the law, let alone this chud who doesn't. #PresidentsDay #uspol
Democratic president should use ICE money for:
- guaranteed jobs program
- workers to build housing
- Healthcare worker
take the money and redirect it.
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And I'm ashamed to be an American
Where fascist thugs are free.
And I won't forget the ones they killed
Or maimed or took from me.
And I'll gladly stand up, next to you,
And shame and film today.
'Cause there ain't no doubt I love my home.
Let's free the USA.
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Husband of US Labor Secretary barred from Labor Department offices due to sexual assault complaints from staff (free link)
#labor #uspol #LoriChavesDeRemer
More judges like this, please!
#uspol #immigration
Ya know who gets to rename the Department of Defense if anyone does? The US Congress.
Ya know who gets to rename the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts if anyone does? The US Congress.
Ya know who history will never be kind to no matter what he tries to rename? A 79 year old dunce.
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Judge Aileen Cannon has her next assignment:
#NYT #news #justice #USA #uspol #AileenCannon #JudgeCannon #corruption #retribution #abuse
What does one call a friend, neighbor and ally that one day suddenly, and without warning, becomes hostile?
In Norwegian (and English) we have a suitable word for this: Quisling.
#uspol #denmark #greenland
"This is what American people voted for."
Progressives just got our sound bite for the next forever elections.
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En kommentar til den seneste udvikling i vores forhold til USA. Artiklen er i Ÿvrigt flere år gammel, men jeg tænker stadig aktuel. #USPol https://worldmhc.org/
How Is The Dow - Auto-Tune The News, Wherein Pam Bondi Discovers An Unassailable Riposte That Canno
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I keep seeing a meme about Obama not being on the Epstein list, but it is mainly because he's not a white man? I mean, as a member of the ruling class he probably still played a part in white supremacy, but he is a black man.
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It’s only the third day of 2026! 🤬
#uspol #vepol #WagTheDog
Frail elders should be treated better.
ICE Dragged an Elderly Man in Underwear Into the Freezing Cold
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So, Gableman's argument is that if he isn't allowed to pick which judges hear his case, it is a violation of due process? I don't think that is the way the law is meant to work.
"Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman says his due process rights have been denied during the ongoing fallout of his investigation of the 2020 presidential election."
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol
Emma Goldman mentioned, wanted to share.
If this goes viral, drop the alt text in the comments below, a bit lazy to add it myself for long videos, sorry!
#USPol #Spirituality #EmmaGoldman
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Time to get messy.
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#uspol #greenland #dkpol I believe that Trumps interest in Greenland is mainly a vanity project to help him build a legacy for his presidency. As such he is presumably on a deadline, either hoping to a…
As fascist goons ethnically cleanse their way through American cities, casually murdering anyone who slightly inconveniences them, I'm reminded of a Zapata quote I've kept close to my heart for a few decades now: “I’d rather die on my feet, than live on my knees.”
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Trump’s approval rating slips on the economy and immigration:
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One of my top guilty Internet pleasures: Wonkette: #USpol
Seems the FBI is not yet ready to take in surrendering forces from fictional terrorist organizations. No word on whether or not they could take surrendering Nazgul, Decepticons or Cobra from GI Joe either.
#USpol #antifacsist
Trump Threatens Europe Over Greenland; Europe Responds by The Bulwark
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When our potus was not a suspected child rapist/murderer, US was secure for ~80 years with Greenland under Denmark’s protection.
Now our potus is a suspected child rapist/murderer, so Greenland is suddenly in danger of something from russia or china? Hmm.
#USpol #Greenland
are we in year 10 AE? After Elevator?
The Election That Could Rein in the Chaos | 'The Opinions' Podcast
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The fascist who killed Heather Heyer at Unite the Right helped turn the tides against the last Trump administration. He said there were "very fine people on both sides." The resistance grew, antifa doxxing fascists started getting those fash fired.
But some of those fash didn't stop. They kept organizing their terror cells. The fash who killed Heyer was with a group called Vanguard America. Patriot Front is a Nazi group that split off from Vanguard America. They started terrorizing people by loading up in box trucks and piling out for spontaneous marches.
That box truck tactic probably sounds familiar. Patriot Front basically disappeared at the same time that ICE started recruiting hard.
Let me make it more clear. The very same Nazis from UTR who killed Heather Heyer, who Trump called "very fine people," are now employees of DHS. They've been carrying out the ethnic cleansing they always dreamed of, and they're being paid by the government, *with your tax dollars*, to do it. And now, just like in Charlottesville, they've murdered an unarmed protestor.
This feels similar because it is. These are the same people killing daughters and mothers. Killing unarmed protestors, out of rage not fear, then lying and claiming self defense. This is the same tactic it's always been. This is the same thing they've always done.
It seems like we may have reached the Heather Heyer point of this administration early with Renee Good. Now would be a good time for everyone to get into the streets and stay there until this is over. Everyone turned the tides before, and now he's so much weaker.
This can all be over if we fight like hell to end it.
#USPol
Vi kan også sende hospitalsskibe ud i verden. #trump #jutlandia #USPol #USHealth
Three US prosecutors quit their jobs after being pressed to investigate the widow of Renee Good. The failure to investigate the ICE agent shooter was involved.
#uspol #ReneeGood #ICE
Daring Fireball: The Names They Call Themselves
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What is in this bag that Trump gave María Corina Machado?
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I'm glad that NPR is there to try to raise the alarm.
"This week marks the fifth anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. An NPR investigation details how the Trump administration is trying to erase government information on the attack."
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol
Rewriting an earlier post that should have been edited and verified *a lot more* before posting.
I'm going to connect some dots here. ICE can cross designate with any agency (19 of U.S. Code 1401):
> The terms “officer of the customs” and “customs officer” mean any officer of the United States Customs Service of the Treasury Department (also hereinafter referred to as the “Customs Service”) or any commissioned, warrant, or petty officer of the Coast Guard, or any agent or other person, including foreign law enforcement officers, authorized by law or designated by the Secretary of the Treasury to perform any duties of an officer of the Customs Service.
Back in September Trump diverted a bunch of Federal staff to ICE:
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This movie is nearly 30 years old.
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I think we all owe a vote of thanks to the courageous and resourceful folk who are capturing the video of the MAGA murderers.
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Just so you know: a fascist is now running this country, openly pushing for Maduro to resign so his so-called “regime change” can install a literal fascist instead.
#Venezuela #USPol #Politics
FULL REMARKS: Elizabeth Warren Issues Blunt Message To The Democratic Party About Its Future by Forbes Breaking News
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FPS is the biggest available channel that I'm aware of to funnel Academi into ICE/CBP enforcement operations. The point of using FPS to support ICE agents is that FPS is stocked full of troops from EriK Prince's private army (now called "Academi" but formerly called "Blackwater"). This means that carrying out ethnic cleansing can dump money directly into the pockets of America's version of the Wagner Group (side from, of course GEO Group).
The Erik Prince angle also means that there can be an alternative chain of command that exists outside of official channels. ICE is already bad enough, but similar people have worked as mercenaries for a long time. Having an established chain of command over armed occupiers, one based entirely on economic incentives, one that can't be legally monitored or audited, one that's completely outside of the government, should be especially worrying.
I don't believe we've ever seen a clear explanation of who was kidnaping people off the streets, but I know that Academi had a contract (I believe with FPS) in Portland at the time. We also don't know who is on the ground in US cities right now, because they're wearing masks.
The bit reason J6 didn't go as planned is that Erik Prince wasn't behind it. Now there are troops with experience occupying American cities who can be called directly via Erik when Trump wants to make sure he doesn't lose again. And Erik won't back out at the last minute this time, because he's already seen that there will be no consequences for participating in a coup... if the time comes.
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So, we can't have affordable health care, everything costs too much, and there's a felon running everything ... but I guess we have The Hunger Games, now?
“first-ever Patriot Games, an unprecedented four-day athletic event featuring the greatest high school athletes — one young man and one young woman from each state and territory.”
#Trump #Politics #USPolitics #USPol
THIS Is What a Strong Democrat Looks Like | The Next Level by The Bulwark
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JB Pritzker SLAMS Republicans for Caving to Trump by Pod Save America
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I have a folder on my computer called "1-7-2026 ice murder number 1" and put some videos of events there to save them in case they vanish from online.
Why number 1? Because it was afternoon and there was no way to tell how many they'd commit before the day was done.
ice must face Justice.
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RE: #Venezuela #USPol
For him, may every moment of every day be full of torment, anguish and pain.
Ice murders a legal observer, who was doing Constitutional things, in cold blood in the street as she drove _away_ from them.
Please download and share the video evidence as much as you can.
#USpol #ice
I Have a Trump Theory... by Hank Green
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Ice agent “logic”:
“They’re coming right at us!!! We better get our murder on!!!”
She wasn’t heading toward him, her wheels were turned away.
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Wrapping 2025 w/ Jon Favreau & Tim Miller | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
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Just added a bunch of names to @…, so now there are more than 280 ways to call potus names.
Useful for all the times you want to refer to him without using his name (every time).
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president participation trophy.
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What a Difference a Year Makes (with Jonathan Chait) | The Focus Group by
The Bulwark
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Maduro doing dictator stuff = bad.
Potus doing dictator stuff = bad.
Two things can be (and are) true at once.
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Just learned a new phrase: constitutional omni-crisis.
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Abolish ICE by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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What Causes Wars: An Introduction to Crisis Bargaining Theory by Lines on Maps Extra
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Oh boy.
#newJersey #uspol #elections
Morbid thought: potus & kegseth want a war w/Venezuela partly to get lithium that is in Venezuela.
You know where else there’s lithium? In potus & kegseth. Each has between 2mg & 7mg of lithium in their bodies.
Like some communist nightmare they use it willy nilly internally. Shall we stop them?
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AOC making sure #newJersey knows what's up
#uspol #elections
We Found The Radical Solution To Skyrocketing Grocery Prices by More Perfect Union
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Sounds like venezuela will pay for the wall.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Venezuela will be administered by "a group of people"?
I think he means oligarchs?
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The United States Has Captured Maduro. What Happens Next? by William Spaniel
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A corrected official seal for ice:
#satire #USpol #ice #GraphicDesign
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong (w/ Adam Serwer & Bobby Pulido) | The Bulwark Podcast
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Jared Kushner's DISGUSTING Gaza PowerPoint (w/ Ta-Nehisi Coates) | The Bulwark Podcast
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