this is basically how I’ve felt since the rise of the anti-dem dems in 2016 but I think it’s gotten a lot better since effective advocates have started to appear who we can affirmatively point to as “doing what we want” (aoc, Mamdani, sometimes Pritzker, etc)

I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio. Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3. Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.

YouGov is out with a new poll after ICE killed another person in Minnesota today. Abolishing ICE is now +5 among all adults, and **+12 among independents** substack.com/@gelliottmor...

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

I'm so depressed. I genuinely do love my country. I love its people, its culture, its history and traditions. All of these things are being destroyed. Attacked, defiled and debased. Everything I love and admire about it is being murdered and its killers are proudly wearing its skin as a trophy.

“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...

People are already doing more. There’s a ton of organizing going on, there is a mass movement that’s growing. Many, many people have already taken steps beyond filming. Nonviolence is the only winning strategy for this growing mass movement

for bending his knees when pushed a group of 10 masked thugs from the federal government whipped him with their weapons and shot him multiple times

I agree that electability is a thing, but I do think that most people are worse than useless at judging it and the best solution is to have large, competitive primaries in which everyone votes for whoever they like the most

it is true that some Americans waved the flag as they committed unspeakable acts of evil but other Americans waved that same flag marching into battle against their own former slaveowners you get to decide who has the legitimate claim

This has been the Fairbanks News-Miner's editorial page on most days this month. Fairbanksans are pissed. We don't take kindly to fascists.

this genre of post is fucking insane

I cannot express how it makes me feel to see my Minneapolis neighbors living every day in the line of fire, risking injury, imprisonment, and death at the hands of a tyrant, while these soft, empty suits prance around at Davos and hope that if they pretend hard enough he’ll go away.

Trump is a megalomaniacal, criminal madman, he is the singular force that is destroying the entire world order and the whole American system, and rather than acknowledging him as a crisis, our institutions are still, STILL determined to relentlessly normalize him

Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.

this is all to say that should democrats win the house and senate this november, they should hold similarly dramatic — which is to say televised and highly publicized — hearings on the conduct of ICE and CBP, with testimony from victims. we want as much of *this* as possible in the record. (3/?)

Chased one ICE convoy from the lakes fully back to HQ today, a good day’s work imo

having lived in fairly diverse places my whole life, ever since Trump won I do sometimes take in a street or a room or a conversation and suddenly get emotional about the fact that there is a powerful and organized movement backed by state power trying to rip this away from me

Minnesota Public Radio says today marks the first and only shooting and homicide in Minneapolis in the year 2026

Are Tests Biased Against Students Who Don't Give A Shit

you tube frogs...swarm... youtu.be/aYH7H8E8xK8

“He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither…” - Declaration of Independence listing grievances against king George human beings have rights

WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data. Safe bike-lanes mean business.

MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems. My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.

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discovered some interesting permitting information that my landlord may not have disclosed to me

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the idea that “we need to build more housing to address housing shortages that have caused prices to skyrocket” should not be any more controversial than the idea that the egg shortage caused the price of eggs to skyrocket

if you try to clip me on unranked you are a fraud i am almost certainly multitasking im petting my cats im listening to an audiobook im just waiting for my league queue to pop im sweaty and thats making my hands bad im on my first game today im not even playing my main i dropped my pocket

“Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil…” #Andor

My greatest critique of our systems around COVID was the focus on individuals and not dramatic emergency investment in interior air quality. We are in fact plagued by this beyond the plague. The way we concentrate ease of transmission is a systemic risk. And it's solvable. Just like clean water.

I wrote up my thoughts about Abundance Conference publiccomment.blog/p/when-is-a-...

I decided to make it per 1,000 residents. This shows how bad the shortage is in states like California, New York, Colorado, Massachusetts, Washington, and Oregon.

I like when Zain wins tbh

There's a increasingly wide gulf between what you might call "local abundance"—which largely consists of liberal and progressive activists and local electeds trying to do YIMBY-type things—and "DC abundance," which hosts conferences where Oren Cass is a speaker for some reason.

ken vs. scar!! www.twitch.tv/vgtv_melee

should be licensed revoked 1st offense for this kinda thing right? too harsh?

Cyclists, don't forget to wear hi viz!

“What protection teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time of war.” cooperative-individualism.org/george-henry...

NEW EPISODE: "Should the Bus Be Free? With Yonah Freemark." Zohran Mamdani has promised fast, free buses if he becomes mayor of NYC. It's a big idea, but is it a good one? @yonahfreemark.com walks us through the pros and cons, with examples from around the world. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

An executive for The Masked Singer snorts an entire rail in one go and prepares to make the pitch of his life

this is what andre was talking about in my dinner with andre

my blurb for aklo! he's my hero this year and maybe he can be your hero too

Wahab says many of the newer members haven't served on city councils before, which makes things challenging (because they aren't as big on local control). Folks, we do love to hear it

shoutouts to jeremy strong for one of my ssbmrank blurbs (you'll see)