@madpossum.bsky.social
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Why are all U.S. military strikes now described as "kinetic," which means "relating to or resulting from motion," so it means...absolutely nothing?
The gobbledygook is just meant to further numb you to the fact that human beings are getting their heads or arms blown off by bombs from our mad king
The gobbledygook is just meant to further numb you to the fact that human beings are getting their heads or arms blown off by bombs from our mad king
May 18, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Why are all U.S. military strikes now described as "kinetic," which means "relating to or resulting from motion," so it means...absolutely nothing?
The gobbledygook is just meant to further numb you to the fact that human beings are getting their heads or arms blown off by bombs from our mad king
The gobbledygook is just meant to further numb you to the fact that human beings are getting their heads or arms blown off by bombs from our mad king
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I feel like it should be more widely unpopular that in the past year we’ve witnessed the creation of an American Stasi required to meet arrest quotas who utilize an AI technology created by a company run by a sweaty raisin of a billionaire who thinks Greta Thunberg is the antichrist.
When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.
ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony
Under oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose ‘targets’
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I feel like it should be more widely unpopular that in the past year we’ve witnessed the creation of an American Stasi required to meet arrest quotas who utilize an AI technology created by a company run by a sweaty raisin of a billionaire who thinks Greta Thunberg is the antichrist.
Very important read!
The entire Democratic strategy debate — "moderate" or move left? fight or compromise? — is based on a misreading of data. Voters don't think Dems are too progressive; they think Dems are weak. The actual math on what to do about this isn't even close!
New: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...
New: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...
February 27, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Very important read!
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“However alarmed you are, it’s not enough.”
Stop what you’re doing and read this incredible @jvl.bsky.social piece.
Stop what you’re doing and read this incredible @jvl.bsky.social piece.
February 21, 2026 at 2:30 PM
“However alarmed you are, it’s not enough.”
Stop what you’re doing and read this incredible @jvl.bsky.social piece.
Stop what you’re doing and read this incredible @jvl.bsky.social piece.
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The Roberts Court loves corporations. Corporations are their benefactor more so than Trump. Corporations were not happy with the tariffs. SCOTUS rules against Trump when it's Corporations v. Trump. End of.
Don't let this fool you into thinking this court as any goddamn legitimacy. It does not.
Don't let this fool you into thinking this court as any goddamn legitimacy. It does not.
February 20, 2026 at 4:07 PM
The Roberts Court loves corporations. Corporations are their benefactor more so than Trump. Corporations were not happy with the tariffs. SCOTUS rules against Trump when it's Corporations v. Trump. End of.
Don't let this fool you into thinking this court as any goddamn legitimacy. It does not.
Don't let this fool you into thinking this court as any goddamn legitimacy. It does not.
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
Yep
The underfunding of social infrastructure has also led the philanthropic/nonprofit sector in the US to grow to fill in the gaps. And while supporting that sector might seem like a way for privileged people to do good with their money, it gives privileged people huge power over that sector, as well.
February 7, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Yep
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By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
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Arcade Führer
February 6, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Arcade Führer
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Shart Week
Am I positive that video shows the president shitting himself on camera? No.
Do I think we should spend an entire week debating it? Oh yes.
Do I think we should spend an entire week debating it? Oh yes.
February 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Shart Week
Pretty much
Call me whatever you want, but it sure seems like a cabal of billionaire pedophile Nazis seized control of a global superpower…and now they’re murdering Americans in the street, arresting journalists, and setting up a network of concentration camps across the United States.
January 31, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Pretty much
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Teachers have and will put their bodies between masked and armed intruders and children. They are and will continue to do so no matter who is wearing the mask and carrying the gun.
ICE’s Assault on a Minnesota School District
Liam Ramos, whose photo became a symbol of Operation Metro Surge, is one of several students in Columbia Heights who are now in federal custody.
www.newyorker.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Teachers have and will put their bodies between masked and armed intruders and children. They are and will continue to do so no matter who is wearing the mask and carrying the gun.
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The administration story is that Liam Ramos mother refused to take her son.
In actuality she was inside with another child. If she opened the door they would all be detained. She literally had to make Sofie’s choice.
I can’t.
www.telemundo.com/noticias/not...
In actuality she was inside with another child. If she opened the door they would all be detained. She literally had to make Sofie’s choice.
I can’t.
www.telemundo.com/noticias/not...
Habla la madre de Liam Conejo Ramos: "Yo presencié la escena desde la ventana, tenía miedo de que también me detuvieran"
"Mi hijo Liam me decía: 'Mami, ábreme la puerta', estaba aterrorizada. Mi esposo me gritaba 'no abras la puerta' y no lo hice por miedo a que mí también me arrestaran y dejara solo a mi otro hijo. Al ...
www.telemundo.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:25 PM
The administration story is that Liam Ramos mother refused to take her son.
In actuality she was inside with another child. If she opened the door they would all be detained. She literally had to make Sofie’s choice.
I can’t.
www.telemundo.com/noticias/not...
In actuality she was inside with another child. If she opened the door they would all be detained. She literally had to make Sofie’s choice.
I can’t.
www.telemundo.com/noticias/not...
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
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Mmm. We love a softened tone, folks, don’t we?
Q: So you're not pulling back in Minnesota?
TRUMP: No no. Not at all.
TRUMP: No no. Not at all.
January 30, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Mmm. We love a softened tone, folks, don’t we?
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If you want to help the Haitian community in Springfield, consider donating to the Haitian Community Help and Support Center. They are a local non-profit that helps Haitians in their city with education, economic security, legal services, and more.
haitiansupportcenter.org
haitiansupportcenter.org
January 28, 2026 at 11:18 PM
If you want to help the Haitian community in Springfield, consider donating to the Haitian Community Help and Support Center. They are a local non-profit that helps Haitians in their city with education, economic security, legal services, and more.
haitiansupportcenter.org
haitiansupportcenter.org
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Article from 2023: "In 2007, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told the New Yorker that God had selected him for the US Senate in order to be the guardian of Israel."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/bearing-wi...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/bearing-wi...
Bearing witness to the disappearing world
Are political officials trying to bring on the apocalypse?
sarahkendzior.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 PM
my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
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Echoing the cowardly white moderates who inspired MLK to write Letter from Birmingham Jail, 60 Minnesota CEOs made no mention of ICE, Alex Pretti or Renee Good in a bloodless plea for MN's problems to disappear
Craven corporations will pay a price
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Craven corporations will pay a price
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
What gutless corporations don’t get about ICE | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, a Fetterman shows moral leadership on Minnesota.
www.inquirer.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Echoing the cowardly white moderates who inspired MLK to write Letter from Birmingham Jail, 60 Minnesota CEOs made no mention of ICE, Alex Pretti or Renee Good in a bloodless plea for MN's problems to disappear
Craven corporations will pay a price
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Craven corporations will pay a price
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
January 20, 2026 at 4:10 PM
school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
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Theyre no longer ice. They are kkk racist thugs terrorizing blue states for the trump regime.
Abolish ICE.
Abolish ICE.
January 20, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Theyre no longer ice. They are kkk racist thugs terrorizing blue states for the trump regime.
Abolish ICE.
Abolish ICE.
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This is what historian Robert Kagan on what it means for the world.
We’re responding to this crisis as if it’s just another crisis. It’s not. This is it. It’s the political crisis of our lifetimes. And how we respond in the US & UK & Europe is critical.
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We’re responding to this crisis as if it’s just another crisis. It’s not. This is it. It’s the political crisis of our lifetimes. And how we respond in the US & UK & Europe is critical.
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January 20, 2026 at 9:03 AM
This is what historian Robert Kagan on what it means for the world.
We’re responding to this crisis as if it’s just another crisis. It’s not. This is it. It’s the political crisis of our lifetimes. And how we respond in the US & UK & Europe is critical.
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We’re responding to this crisis as if it’s just another crisis. It’s not. This is it. It’s the political crisis of our lifetimes. And how we respond in the US & UK & Europe is critical.
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This from @andreapitzer.bsky.social is key.
“nobody sane now thinks the answer to abuses at Dachau was to give the guards more training.”
“nobody sane now thinks the answer to abuses at Dachau was to give the guards more training.”
I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:56 AM
This from @andreapitzer.bsky.social is key.
“nobody sane now thinks the answer to abuses at Dachau was to give the guards more training.”
“nobody sane now thinks the answer to abuses at Dachau was to give the guards more training.”
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In case the algorithm hasn’t delivered this to you yet, Donald Trump wrote a truly insane message to the Norwegian, Prime Minister, and here it is. The entire Republican Party is still lockstep with this guy.
January 19, 2026 at 2:11 PM
In case the algorithm hasn’t delivered this to you yet, Donald Trump wrote a truly insane message to the Norwegian, Prime Minister, and here it is. The entire Republican Party is still lockstep with this guy.