A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else. We mustn’t let this war do so.

Out grabbing lunch. Overhearing boomers regale each other with tales of the good old days when Bob slapped Brenda from the typing pool on the bum when she was bent over getting water. “Oh Bob!” she said. Per Bob, “Everyone thought it was funny! I promise you, Bob, Brenda did not think it was funny.

Just two thoughts None of this needed to happen. None of it. Thank your local broligarch for ensuring it did. None of this is about what they’re telling you it’s about. None of it.

if you believe in any form of free enterprise at all, the idea that the Pentagon can not only cut off your contract but designate you a supply chain risk and prevent other companies from buying from you just because you won't build killbots for the government should be terrifying

Weird they dragged in Hillary Clinton when there's another First Lady right there in the White House who actually knew Jeffrey Epstein.

NEW: A hobbyist has created Nearby Glasses, an app that warns you if someone close by is wearing smart glasses. 404 Media spoke to the creator who said he was inspired by our coverage that uncovers how men are wearing Meta's Ray-Bans to covertly film massage parlor workers.

Invoking the Defense Production Act to force Anthropic to make a version of Claude that can conduct mass domestic surveillance and operate murderbots is psychotic

every olympic sport should have one heat for dogs

Wow.

Remember, the GOP isn’t afraid of voter fraud. They’re scared of voter accuracy.

Super Bowl ads dominated by AI and GLP-1s suggest our corporate overlords think we are living in the WALL-E future, but actually we are living in the Andor past.

"So...I got nothing for you here." Cheers to the honesty of this announcer watching the Pats just continue to dissolve like a packet of jello.

Basically Ring advertised the technology Batman used to find the Joker that Lucius Fox refused to be a part of except for that one time.

Serious shout-out also to the producers of that halftime show. Just incredible camera work, staging and well, all of it. #SuperBowlLX

Silicon Valley accurately predicted the vibe coding era.

everything is terrible so here’s the swedish chef doing rapper’s delight

It really pays to remind ourselves frequently that this whole immigration "crisis" is made up out of whole cloth. There was no emergency,danger or problem, only a demagogue stirring up racist grievances for political advantage.

Every American needs to watch this:

And those are just the charged crimes. They’re committing uncharged crimes daily right now.

This says more about America than it does about the criminal it elected.

Federal Judges have a very real and well-established reason to fear doxing and violence and yet I doubt anyone thinks it would be acceptable for them to preside from the bench in a hood.

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

It’s not particularly sophisticated but I kind of think that the most straightforward way to understand trumpism is that we have a morally depraved group of fascists who have successfully persuaded a significant chunk of the public to accept their psychological projections as reality

the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

A major newspaper publishing guide to help people identify the munitions their government is using against them is a real "Late Republic America" timepeice that future historians will comment on.

In a million years you never could've convinced me that it would be South Park and the Catholic Church doing hero work for the republic.

So much more productive to fight the forces of evil than to expend energy arguing with like-minded people about exact terminology or how best to do so.

They are so unable to understand normal Americans and people caring for others. They are so insulated from everyday life that they can't imagine how posters get made and safety equipment bought. "It's an organized conspiracy!" No, Pam, it's a fed-up community with a Michael's, Kinkos and Home Depot.

“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945

We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights. There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us. This is my favorite guide.

You did not bear the shame. You resisted. You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour. — The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin

FACT: California sends $83 billion more to the federal government than we get back. Trump can talk down on California all he wants, but California pays his bills.

On #MLKDay, please remember: Non-violent does not mean non-existent. Be present. Be careful. Be human. Be nice. Not ICE. Photo credit: The King CEnter #MLKInColor #ICEOUT #BeGood

i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals

Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.

If you want an hour of solid analysis on Iran, from the domestic dynamics to the regional / geopolitical implications — I highly recommend our discussion with John Ghazvinian and @kschake.bsky.social. It was fantastic and I learned a ton. 🔗 Full talk: bit.ly/newsdesk-iran2026

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

The op-ed you hoped you'd never read in your lifetime

Long live the Ewokian citizens of the Twin Cities

protestors have painted what appears to be a tunnel on the side of the mountain, causing ICE agents to run into the mountain at full speed. disgusting.

ICE has one move: knock loudly, explain nothing, leave chaos, call it enforcement.

When Google cuts off the headline at the proper place.

1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement: She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

We have cleaned up the crime scene and blocked a local investigation and hidden the perpetrator and invaded the state and that is how you know that we are acting in good faith and that everything was the victim’s fault. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

To those with California Derangement Syndrome, it's time to update your talking points.

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