2026-02-28 17:38:38
OH: I have a Home Warranty. You pay them a monthly premium, then when something breaks, you pay them a flat fee. Then the technician diagnoses the problem, and the company finds a reason why your plan doesn't cover that. Feels like American insurance in a nutshell.
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Eight Key Things to Watch for in the Iran War by William Spaniel
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Good piece from Timothy Snyder argues that Trump is failing at fascism: #USpol
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Daring Fireball: The Names They Call Themselves
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Ich glaube, ja es ist kein Zufall, dass ausgerechnet zwei Menschen umgebracht wurden, die Careworker waren. Sich kümmern um andere, offen und emphatisch zu sein, Hilfe zu leisten, wenn sie benötigt wird, das alles stellt für Autoritäre eine Bedrohung da.
Gebt aufeinander acht.
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Just got an email from one of my Senators, Jon Ossoff, GA with some welcomed news:
Good afternoon,
On Sunday, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff demanded civil liberties protections before further funds are appropriated to ICE and announced he will oppose the measure scheduled for a vote this week.
(Full text of letter in the image alt-text)
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Next "stand up for science" March 7th!
#StandUpForScience #UsPol
Is Fascism Back? by Johnny Harris
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This is as good a time as any for a thought experiment.
You're in Nazi Germany. You know about the camps, you know what they do, you see the ash fall, you smell it. People who resist alone are killed, some are sent to the camps too. You're afraid to even talk to people about it for fear that they'll turn you in.
You think back to when the camps were being built. You had all the warning signs, but you didn't know how to interpret them. You could believe it would happen. You thought you'd have a chance to vote him out. You thought there might be another way. You thought maybe things would turn out differently if you just sat tight, kept your head down, kept yourself safe.
You see a family being dragged from their home. You know they will be killed. You want to fight, not just for them but for yourself. You opposed Hitler, and at any point you know you could be on the list... Even if you do nothing.
You wish you could rise up, shoot the SS, open the gates, fight it all. You know you aren't alone, but you don't know how to connect with the people who want the same thing.
Using the knowledge we have now, what should you have done in the preceding months and years to connect, to build a community that would open up all paths of resistance?
There were people who resisted. We know it wasn't enough.
Gun laws in Nazi Germany were very similar to US laws in that Nazis were largely free to own guns and everyone else was not. Unlike the US, where "others" have historically controlled using the fear that they might be randomly executed, Germany did codify it. Red flag laws were one more step in the US towards that codification, and there will be more.
When Nazis were taking away those guns, the social networks didn't exist to make resistance possible for most folks. But some Jews were able to resist.
It wasn't the guns that made the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising possible, though they definitely helped. The Warsaw Ghetto uprising was made possible by labor organizing in the precessing years.
If there were more uprisings like that, the Holocaust could have been stopped if not prevented. Social networks make resistance possible. Guns are only useful tools to resist authoritarianism *after* you build a community able to support that resistance, and they are only one of many tools made useful by that community.
Getting guns is easy, and not always necessary. Building community is hard. Guns won't keep you safe. Community will.
Single acts of resistance may slow the machine down, but to actually bring down a monster you need to be able to attack more than once. You need a society of resistance. If you are afraid now, build that. Talk to people while it's still safe to do so. Ask them where their red line is. Talk to neighbors. Figure out your network.
Take the steps you need now to keep your neighbors safe, to keep yourself safe.
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Of course Ron Johnson is going on TV, talking a bunch of evil shit about Ilhan Omar this morning.
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol #Wisconsin
Ich hoffe inständig, dass wir uns nicht an der #FußballWM in den #USA beteiligen.
Es braucht starke Signale.
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Scott Bessent: D-Day was a deescalation
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RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116292642552859449
So …. Trump raises fuel prices with his war, then his USPS squeezes us further.
The pain is the purpose.
LIVE ON THE GROUND in #Minneapolis!
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OK, OK. Here's a board of peas. Now can I have a Nobel prize?
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So the Right has been talking about how the FEMA concentration camps, the pedophile conspiracy, and how they're gonna take all the guns, but now that the pedophile conspiracy is building concentration camps and disarming then executing legal gun owners, all I can hear is the sucking sound as they try to swallow the whole damn boot.
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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 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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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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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
It sounds like there was another ICE shooting today but there's almost nothing known about what happened.
"The individual, who has not been identified, was shot in southern Pima County near milepost 15 of West Arivaca Road at around 7:30 a.m., according to a news release from the Santa Rita Fire District. The fire department said it transported the person in critical condition."
#ICE #Politics #USPolitics #USPol
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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The Choice
#RankedChoiceVoting #uspol
Message from Seth Moulton
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Greenland should rename itself “Epsteinland” and I guarantee Trump will forget all about it.
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Claiming a former FBI head who _LET POTUS SLIDE_ hurt innocent people is ghoulish. Perhaps Mueller hurt us all by failing to jail or stop potus.
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"This is what American people voted for."
Progressives just got our sound bite for the next forever elections.
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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
Well - I guess that's one thing we can hope for to fix this shitty timeline.
#USpol #USPolitics #Shitpost
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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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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#USPol #USpolitics #network1976
I'm not saying that the 1976 movie "Network" was prescient . . . but . . .
This is basically accurate.
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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…
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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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!
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Time to get messy.
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Do you support #NorthKorea?
#Korea #USPol #Asia
How Is The Dow - Auto-Tune The News, Wherein Pam Bondi Discovers An Unassailable Riposte That Canno
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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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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
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
Frail elders should be treated better.
ICE Dragged an Elderly Man in Underwear Into the Freezing Cold
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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/
Honest question: Has "assassinate the leader of a country and the populace will rise up and overthrow the government and setup a new more US-friendly government" EVER worked? I know we've tried it a bunch of times, but I'm pretty sure it has failed miserably every single time.
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vote counts not done but seems like Kat Abughazaleh doesn't have it. that sad!
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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
Trump Threatens Europe Over Greenland; Europe Responds by The Bulwark
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are we in year 10 AE? After Elevator?
The Election That Could Rein in the Chaos | 'The Opinions' Podcast
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What is in this bag that Trump gave María Corina Machado?
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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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FULL REMARKS: Elizabeth Warren Issues Blunt Message To The Democratic Party About Its Future by Forbes Breaking News
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How am I doing? Well I just looked up how to pronounce eschatological, because for some reason I want to be able to describe American foreign policy accurately 😳😝
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THIS Is What a Strong Democrat Looks Like | The Next Level by The Bulwark
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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
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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I Have a Trump Theory... by Hank Green
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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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I'm so tired of winning.
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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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What a Difference a Year Makes (with Jonathan Chait) | The Focus Group by
The Bulwark
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Just learned a new phrase: constitutional omni-crisis.
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I tracked the AI Money in politics by Phil Edwards
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US days from running low on interceptors, has no ability to evacuate citizens from Middle East because potus & kegsbreath failed to plan.
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @schakowsky.house.gov you rep me: impeach, remove, ban from office & prosecute. Not a penny more for this war.
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Abolish ICE by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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Kristi Noem is reportedly considering sleeping over in American’s homes (whether or not they want her to) just so she can violate the 3rd Amendment too, and have a matched set of violated Amendments.
#USpol #BillOfRights
What Causes Wars: An Introduction to Crisis Bargaining Theory by Lines on Maps Extra
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