This behavior in particular is just gratuitous assault- someone smarter than me can say how to deter this effectively, other than arming ever observer with a large gun

I have come to despise cleverness in political messaging. No bon mots. No highlighting hypocrisy. I want leaders with the subtlety of an anvil

“we might go to war with Europe over Greenland” is not normal behavior and cannot be slotted into normal political rhetoric by people who would like to reestablish normal political relations with Europe someday

It really sucks that a lot of dem politicians don’t seem to get that they need to be behaving for a foreign audience as much if not more so than a domestic one on this shit

like do i trust bernie would oppose the annexation? yes. do i think this is good messaging that is what EU allies need? no

i feel like Americans don't get the level of eye-rolling this is getting from Europe

the only thing Democrats should be saying on Greenland is "this is evil and wrong and if we do it we will be punished"

at this point i will defect to whatever country invades and deposes donald trump this is just getting too embarrassing and disgusting

mad king moment from the PBS Newshour correspondent

Two community members stand on the street corner of Central Ave and 18th St, watching over a local business in 5° temps with a wind chill of -15°. They are patrolling the area, keeping an eye out for ICE activity, doing what they can to protect their immigrant neighbors.

They got 57 votes after Trump led a mob to the Capitol to kill the people doing the voting. Since then, Trump has installed family and loyalists all over the right-wing party and money machinery. Chuck might believe he can get to 67, but I don't know why any of *us* would believe he can.

Dressing up as a Long Island ghost so I can convince Chuck Schumer that the Baileys actually find threatening war with Europe more upsetting than egg prices

Going back in time and preventing Mercator from ever making a map

even this lady sees through his bullshit lol it's over this guy is cooked

what kind of Footloose ass shit is this

This is the fucking limit. I had no idea that Amazon drivers AREN'T ALLOWED TO SING wat CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Your doomposts do not impress me. They do not make me laugh. They do not make me feel like you are on my side. If you wanna curl up into a ball and die, go do it on your own time, and keep it to yourself. I want to interact with people willing to put in the work to fight.

Consultant: we need an idea that will excite people Chuck Schumer: imagine having an ample supply of buckets

Josh Shapiro fucking sucks.

look he's seen the polling, this is not a statement about what's effective, it's a statement about what they want to be committed to doing with power should they win. if they run on opposing ICE then they'll have to actually oppose ICE. this is ideology masquerading as electoral strategy

the choads are not ready for this. nobody has the time to deal with their horse shit, and the reason their soft lives exist is because all of the people they hate work hard to facilitate it. the only “law of the jungle” that matters is: the larger team wins. and there’s not very many nazis IRL

I believe Nazi Baby Jake Lang’s Wild Ride in Minneapolis perfectly illustrates this: that greasy little chode *genuinely believed* that the people of Minneapolis were on his side, or at least, wouldn’t stop him from having a Nazi parade on their turf. He guessed incredibly wrong.

What happens when you design a separate ideological media ecosystem is you start to believe everyone agrees with you. (It is also what happens when if let algorithms or single social media sites decide what you see. Echo chamber may be a stupid accusation, but only if you actually diversify)

this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities

Someone I know who works in the service industry, and is trans, had to deal with an abusive maga customer recently. Her manager stepped in to defend her, and the customer shrieked “Trump won! We don’t have to put up with people like that anymore!” Just so sure everyone was secretly transphobic.

Outrageous beyond words. Not even an investigation? The people involved should die in jail, starting with Blanche himself.

The disconnect was always that the average voter with anti-immigrant leanings has been trained by rightwing media to hear "illegal immigrant" and picture some guy named Viper or something with 8 face tattoos who is always brandishing a bloody knife Then they find out MAGA meant the family next door

Rest in peace Victor Manuel Diaz. He was a Latino immigrant kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis. He died in ICE custody at Camp East Montana, Texas while facing deportation. We have unjust immigration system that continues to take the lives of our neighbors while tearing families apart. 1/

Democratic consultants looking at the UK's Labour Party: "Yeah, let's do what they're doing!" www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...

Losing my mind at the Dems with their billionaire backers and powerful friends who have come up with the brilliant strategy that the party should adopt the policy positions of the avg MAGA voter — apparently ignoring that independents and swing voters even exist. Is this what $40 million gets you??

The worst thing about Gamergate and all the spinoff dumbass culture war nonsense is that theres actually lots of good reasons not to like lots of stuff and we can't even talk about it because of the muttonheads

“He’s a big enough bully to stand up to Trump,” yeah I don’t know, I kinda feel like if a *podcaster* got him to walk back an allegedly principled stand, he won’t stand up to shit

the last jedi discourse in general is the worst thing that has come out of star wars other than rise of skywalker itself because it completely ruined any interesting or silly discussion about the movie itself and reduced the whole conversation to whether or not you supported chud complaints

An unfortunate thing about the Last Jedi discourse having been so rancid and misogynistic is that Benicio del Toro played a guy named DJ and what the fuck was up with that

Imagine writing this for your grandchildren to find. “What did you find out for your genealogy project?” “My ancestors were fascists who cheered on authoritarianism even when the country was finally waking up to the moral implications of these crimes!” Like finding out Grandpa was in the KKK.

“I don’t think the president’s personal militia recruited from white supremacist gangs can be reformed” shouldn’t be a controversial statement, or taken as anything but an obvious statement of fact, and yet here we are.

Nuanced take: I think it's really important to give *normal citizens* who supported Trump and off-ramp and *professional writers, pundits and politicians* who supported Trump should have to wear it like a scarlet letter for the rest of their lives

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These are concentration camps. And these are the numbers they're comfortable sharing.

I genuinely think the leftie crashout is because Will Stancil, who they perceive as a dweeby online liberal, is actually doing in real life the things they daydream about

man the clout chasers on here are really panicking about stancil lol

Protesters clashed with federal agents for another night outside the Whipple Federal Building, which holds ICE detainees. Agents fired less-lethal munitions and deployed chemical irritants at the crowd. 📷️: Jeff Wheeler

These powerful pics are really, really good reminders of why it makes sense for those opposing Trump to reclaim ownership of the American flag. If your audience is the giant lower-info middle of the electorate--and it should be--this seems like a really good way to get to them.

The trans woman who rescued Jake Lang yesterday/whose car he ran into said in a video about the incident that she and her friend in the car thought he was being beaten by ICE. They kicked him out of the car after they found out who he was, lol

Abigail Spanberger did not end Virginia’s 287(g) partnership with ICE yesterday, despite reports to the contrary. What Spanberger did do is rescind Glenn Youngkin’s order that required the state police + DOC to sign ICE contracts. She terminated the requirement, but not the contracts themselves.

I’m seeing a lot of people post that Spanberger has ended the ICE contracts. She may well do so soon (it’s only day 2), and we’ll keep you informed, but that’s not what she did yesterday. The contracts are still in place — she would still have to decide to do that.

Man, I do not want the return of Patriots Fans

Australia adds 7 GW of renewables in 2025, stays on track for 2030 target www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/13/a...

I've heard rumors that Philadelphia is next for the ICE invasion after Minneapolis. Maybe I'm wrong, but 1) More than 11% of all ICE agents are in Minneapolis, and they've utterly failed to pacify the city. 2) Philly is 5x the size of Minneapolis. 3) "Minnesota nice" is a thing. We don't have that.

Fresh off an Eagles playoff loss? ICE does not want this heat