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Somewhat lost in the fog of war (perhaps the purpose of that fog)… HCR’s post on the night of Feb 27 describes what appears to be an organized crime and drug trafficking ring involving Jeffrey Epstein and 14 others.
March 1, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Somewhat lost in the fog of war (perhaps the purpose of that fog)… HCR’s post on the night of Feb 27 describes what appears to be an organized crime and drug trafficking ring involving Jeffrey Epstein and 14 others.
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How to understand war with Iran? We must get away from propaganda. Facts suggest two interpretive frameworks: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the United States.
snyder.substack.com/p/why-attack...
snyder.substack.com/p/why-attack...
Why Attack Iran?
Our Authoritarianism and Our Corruption
snyder.substack.com
February 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
How to understand war with Iran? We must get away from propaganda. Facts suggest two interpretive frameworks: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the United States.
snyder.substack.com/p/why-attack...
snyder.substack.com/p/why-attack...
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“It is time to acknowledge what has become tragically obvious: the Trump administration is operating as a massive criminal enterprise.”
This absolutely captures it. Instead of "Trump Administration," we should say "Trump Syndicate."
#TrumpSyndicate
This absolutely captures it. Instead of "Trump Administration," we should say "Trump Syndicate."
#TrumpSyndicate
February 19, 2026 at 5:05 PM
“It is time to acknowledge what has become tragically obvious: the Trump administration is operating as a massive criminal enterprise.”
This absolutely captures it. Instead of "Trump Administration," we should say "Trump Syndicate."
#TrumpSyndicate
This absolutely captures it. Instead of "Trump Administration," we should say "Trump Syndicate."
#TrumpSyndicate
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The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.
A short note to Kristi Noem
To a current Cabinet secretary from a former one
robertreich.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.
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Russia’s full-scale invasion began 4 years ago. It began in winter, and so this winter is the 5th. And, for civilians, the worst. Russia launches missiles and drones at energy infrastructure to force Ukrainians to endure the freezing cold. Here's how you can help
snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...
The Long Ukrainian Winter
How You Can Help
snyder.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Russia’s full-scale invasion began 4 years ago. It began in winter, and so this winter is the 5th. And, for civilians, the worst. Russia launches missiles and drones at energy infrastructure to force Ukrainians to endure the freezing cold. Here's how you can help
snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...
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In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?
Nazi Lies in Vance's America
snyder.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:55 PM
In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
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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
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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
Stay free
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Donald Trump must fire Kristi Noem immediately.
Or Democrats will initiate impeachment proceedings against her in the House.
We can do this the easy way or the hard way.
Or Democrats will initiate impeachment proceedings against her in the House.
We can do this the easy way or the hard way.
January 27, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Donald Trump must fire Kristi Noem immediately.
Or Democrats will initiate impeachment proceedings against her in the House.
We can do this the easy way or the hard way.
Or Democrats will initiate impeachment proceedings against her in the House.
We can do this the easy way or the hard way.
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Listen to wise Professor Timothy Snyder: Thoughts on MN laws, language and leadership. It is in how we treat the law, use the right language, and respect the real leaders, that we will get out of this and become a better country.
January 26, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Listen to wise Professor Timothy Snyder: Thoughts on MN laws, language and leadership. It is in how we treat the law, use the right language, and respect the real leaders, that we will get out of this and become a better country.
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We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
Lies and Lawlessness
The Camps, the Executions, and the Future
snyder.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:26 PM
We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
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1/ “The Steady State unequivocally condemns the fatal shooting earlier today in Minneapolis by ICE paramilitary officers…
steadystate1.substack.com/p/statement-...
steadystate1.substack.com/p/statement-...
Statement on the January 24, 2026, Minneapolis Shooting
The Steady State
steadystate1.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:11 PM
1/ “The Steady State unequivocally condemns the fatal shooting earlier today in Minneapolis by ICE paramilitary officers…
steadystate1.substack.com/p/statement-...
steadystate1.substack.com/p/statement-...
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Superintendent of 5-year-old detained by ICE:
"It's using a child as a political pawn... I jumped out of my vehicle and I immediately said, 'Where's the child? I will take the child, we'll get them connected with their family members or their emergency contacts.'"
"It's using a child as a political pawn... I jumped out of my vehicle and I immediately said, 'Where's the child? I will take the child, we'll get them connected with their family members or their emergency contacts.'"
January 23, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Superintendent of 5-year-old detained by ICE:
"It's using a child as a political pawn... I jumped out of my vehicle and I immediately said, 'Where's the child? I will take the child, we'll get them connected with their family members or their emergency contacts.'"
"It's using a child as a political pawn... I jumped out of my vehicle and I immediately said, 'Where's the child? I will take the child, we'll get them connected with their family members or their emergency contacts.'"
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I wrote a short piece on my trip to Texas and how it confirmed for me why we can’t fund this version of ICE.
The Department of Homeland Security is lawless. We need to demand reforms.
The Department of Homeland Security is lawless. We need to demand reforms.
My Trip to Texas Confirmed We Can’t Fund this Version of ICE
The young father was shaking as he held his fidgety two-year-old daughter who impatiently sucked on a lollipop.
www.chrismurphyct.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:28 PM
I wrote a short piece on my trip to Texas and how it confirmed for me why we can’t fund this version of ICE.
The Department of Homeland Security is lawless. We need to demand reforms.
The Department of Homeland Security is lawless. We need to demand reforms.
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THE MAN THEY TOOK WRAPPED IN A BLANKET IS A U.S. CITIZEN.
This is the Kavanaugh Stop of all Kavanaugh Stops.
This is the Kavanaugh Stop of all Kavanaugh Stops.
Sunday, at least 7 ICE agents stormed a house and took an elderly man out into the freezing cold, wearing only his underwear and a blanket.
He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War.
Notice the suppressors
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He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War.
Notice the suppressors
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January 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
THE MAN THEY TOOK WRAPPED IN A BLANKET IS A U.S. CITIZEN.
This is the Kavanaugh Stop of all Kavanaugh Stops.
This is the Kavanaugh Stop of all Kavanaugh Stops.
Bacon says he would ‘lean’ toward Trump impeachment if Greenland invaded: ‘Utter buffoonery’
thehill.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Bacon says he would ‘lean’ toward Trump impeachment if Greenland invaded: ‘Utter buffoonery’
Republicans vow to block Trump from seizing Greenland by force
thehill.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Republicans vow to block Trump from seizing Greenland by force
McConnell: Trump’s seizure of Greenland would ‘incinerate’ NATO alliances
thehill.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
McConnell: Trump’s seizure of Greenland would ‘incinerate’ NATO alliances
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“General Dostler justified his action by contending that he was merely obeying Hitler’s Commando Order…General Dostler was condemned to death by the U.S. military tribunal in Rome on October 12, 1945.”
-Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 1539
-Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 1539
January 14, 2026 at 2:41 PM
“General Dostler justified his action by contending that he was merely obeying Hitler’s Commando Order…General Dostler was condemned to death by the U.S. military tribunal in Rome on October 12, 1945.”
-Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 1539
-Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 1539
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On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she ‘nurtured kindness’
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
www.mprnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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Putin's war in Ukraine shows where authoritarianism can lead: ~1.4 million casualties. An entire generation sacrificed for one man's imperialist delusions.
We must not let any president drag us into war without congressional approval.
We must not let any president drag us into war without congressional approval.
December 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Putin's war in Ukraine shows where authoritarianism can lead: ~1.4 million casualties. An entire generation sacrificed for one man's imperialist delusions.
We must not let any president drag us into war without congressional approval.
We must not let any president drag us into war without congressional approval.
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Our men and women in uniform take their oath to our Constitution–not to Donald Trump.
It’s a lifetime oath, and I intend to keep mine.
It’s a lifetime oath, and I intend to keep mine.
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Our men and women in uniform take their oath to our Constitution–not to Donald Trump.
It’s a lifetime oath, and I intend to keep mine.
It’s a lifetime oath, and I intend to keep mine.