Kathleen Hanna is my spirit animal youtu.be/uzB39CZ9uEU?...

All this outrage and retribution for a video merely reminding the military of their duty to disobey unlawful orders is tantamount to an admission that your orders were illegal Pete Hegseth Finds New Way to Bully Mark Kelly Over Message to Troops newrepublic.com/post/204917/... via @newrepublic.com

Stephen "The Ghoul" Miller to become Viceroy of Venezuela? Trump Wants Stephen Miller to Have a Terrifying New Role in Venezuela newrepublic.com/post/204936/... via @newrepublic.com

I used to see posts from @in-otter-news.bsky.social, whom I follow, on my feed every day. Somehow the Bluesky algorithm decided a couple of weeks ago to exclude these posts and randomly replace them with Chicago White Sox news and history. WTF?

[Bracket City] January 5, 2026 🔴 (Tough) www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke... Rank: 🔮 (Puppet Master) 🎹 Total Keystrokes: 70 🎯 Minimum Required: 70 Total Score: 100.0 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪

An authoritarian President plus a cowardly Congress plus a corrupt Court is a terrible combination. Sowing the seeds of the Second American Revolution?

Mad King Donald the Corrupt and his maladministration don't even bother pretending that they didn't just invade a sovereign nation in order to take control of the world's largest oil reserves for the benefit of their corporate backers. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Blood for oil, a traditional American value

Hmm... I can't recall Congress declaring war on Venezuela www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Here's hoping that, in 2028, the Dems don't end up nominating a centrist-at-best who happened to luck into a great Digital Director leading a top-notch social media team. Maybe a left-of-center candidate will be able to lure away Camille Zapata and her staff well before then. 🤞

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Dancing at the Edge of the Void youtu.be/gdHSurqqnmY?...

It's always a good time to drown out Nazis We the People will prevail 2026 will be OUR year youtu.be/yOliU7X1fEg

Happy 2026! Whose year? OUR year!

This bill passed unanimously but mad King Donald the Corrupt vetoed it to punish Boebert over the Epstein files. He also vetoed a bill to punish the Miccosukee tribe for their opposition to Alligator Auschwitz. His only 2 vetoes of 2025, both as retribution. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Hey, give the very stable genius a break! It was some kind of bird, and it was somewhere on Earth. Do you expect him to be not only the greatest businessman and peacemaker the world has ever known but also an expert ornithologist and geographer as well?! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

But did he rate her butt? Does Trump Know He’s Reposting a Fake Karoline Leavitt Account? newrepublic.com/post/204798/... via @newrepublic.com

Pirate equity: a bunch of amoral greed-monsters who would screw over their own mothers in order to turn a quick buck The Private Equity Firms That Gobble Up Hospitals and Spit Them Out newrepublic.com/article/2035... via @newrepublic.com

I'm always so proud whenever our government welcomes war criminals into our country. USA! USA! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

The last time I checked what shows were available on the PBS Masterpiece streaming channel add-on, there weren't that many shows I wanted to watch. Well that must have been quite a while ago: I just checked again (because of a $2/month for 2 months deal) and ended up adding 27 shows to my watchlist!

Night night Blue Sky dreamers! See you on the other side! Sleep tight!

It's official: civilization has fully entered its end stage www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

1. A brain-dead woman in Georgia was used as a human incubator www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"Privately owned public spaces" is an oxymoron with serious negative impacts to democracy from a lack of transparency and accountability POPS Goes the City: Privately Owned Public Space and Its Discontents daily.jstor.org/pops-goes-th...

Bibi's war crimes continue apace. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

And this is just the tip of the iceberg of runaway corruption infecting OUR government Trump’s 10 Biggest, Most Shameful Billionaire Toadies newrepublic.com/article/2042... via @newrepublic.com

At what date did the phrase "the radical left" come to include everyone whose political philosophy is anywhere to the left of "hard-right"?

If at first you don't succeed at establishing permanent minority rule with a big assist from gerrymandering, try, try again www.propublica.org/article/nort...

Geez, Weiss can't even spike a story correctly. You need to do it *before* your broadcast partners receive it 🙄

"Whaddya mean we can't do whatever we want, wherever we want, whenever we want?!" Stephen Miller Loses It as Jury Acquits Man Who Towed ICE Agent’s Car newrepublic.com/post/204711/... via @newrepublic.com

This pretty much sums up the maladministration's contempt for both trafficking victims and Congress www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

How did the Bluesky algorithm decide I was obsessed with the Chicago White Sox of all things? 🤷‍♀️

In Randolph County books are more dangerous than guns. Sadly this is true in many communities across the USA North Carolina Ousts Entire Library Board Over Book With Trans Kid newrepublic.com/post/204446/... via @newrepublic.com

Just started reading Kathleen Hanna's "Riot Girl". The dedication reads: For Mom I hope me dedicating this book to you will make up for the fact that I'm going to make your funeral all about me.

Happy Winter Solstice and joyful Yule to all my Northern hemisphere friends! May your days be warm and bright, and filled with laughter and light 🕯️🌞 To my Summer solstice friends in the Southern hemisphere, stay cool and hydrated and don't forget your sunscreen!

Juliana Hatfield is still bringing it, going on 40 years now julianahatfield.bandcamp.com/album/lightn...

Jackass YouTuber in hospital with broken jaw

Happy Anniversary of the start of the Great Toilet Paper Scare of '73 medium.com/@nickshaerf/...

All evidence has been buried All tapes have been erased What the hell, we've got nothing more to lose youtu.be/UJFIpGA4ozk?...

Hazel English music: a reliable balm to soothe a troubled soul 💙 hazelenglish.bandcamp.com/track/never-...?

The opening of this piece is spot-on. Corporate media throughout 2015 treated the Trump campaign as a fun diversion before voting in the 2016 primaries and caucuses began. The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned newrepublic.com/article/2042... via @newrepublic.com

Just to reiterate, the summary executions of Americans the maladministration deem to be terrorists remains on the table. White House Refuses to Rule Out Summary Executions of People on Its Secret Domestic Terrorist List theintercept.com/2025/12/12/t...

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Congress established the FCC as an independent agency. We the People, through our representatives in Congress, are your boss, not mad King Donald the Corrupt FCC Chair Says Trump Is His Boss—and Then Refuses to Answer Follow-Ups newrepublic.com/post/204554/... via @newrepublic.com

Buh-bye Danny boy! Don't let the door hit you on the way out Dan Bongino Is Clearing Out His FBI Office After Rocky Tenure newrepublic.com/post/204561/... via @newrepublic.com