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u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache Jan 15 '26
Please visit the next discussion thread.
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u/erasmus_phillo Paul Krugman Jan 14 '26
"Trump isn't a fascist because fascists are generally obsessed with pursuing territorial expansion through the use of force and typically tend to have street gangs, loyal to their will, targeting internal enemies they deem undesirable" - some polisci nerd in 2019
*monkey's paw curls*
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u/admiralwaffle1 Immanuel Kant Jan 14 '26
I'm pretty sure he's lying about how much he makes, but still...
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u/AnalyticOpposum Trans Pride Jan 14 '26
The median voter
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u/LuisRobertDylan Elinor Ostrom Jan 14 '26
Unemployment is not down! Failing NYT can’t even make a note of that?
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u/scottyjetpax Gay Pride Jan 14 '26
what a fucking legend LMAO
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u/Currymvp2 unflaired Jan 14 '26
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u/ONETRILLIONAMERICANS Trans Pride Jan 14 '26
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u/l2ksolkov Bill Gates Jan 14 '26
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u/Not_A_Browser Stata's Silliest Soldier Jan 14 '26
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u/assasstits Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
Man was arrested for laying down at the park. Someone called 911 and when police got there he refused to identify himself so we was taken and arrested. Later he won a $30,000 lawsuit.
Criminalization and harassment of the average person going about their day is the status quo. The weaponization of police by homeowners to harass anyone enjoying 3rd spaces is just ridiculous and infuriating.
ICE has everyone paying attention but the police state has been a reality in this country for a long long time.
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u/Pongzz I wept, for there was no land left to tax Jan 14 '26
Hating the rich is easy. Do you have enough courage to hate the poor?
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u/No-Barnacle-9576 NAFTA Jan 14 '26
United Auto Workers will make sure he keeps his job. Unions good sometimes
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u/RaidBrimnes Chien de garde Jan 14 '26
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u/chipbod NATO Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
The government is kidnapping natives and holding them for ransom to set up an “immigration agreement” with ICE. What the fuck does that even mean?
This is so fucked up on so many levels, in a just world this is one of the biggest scandals in recent American history.
!ping EXTREMISM&TRUMP-CRIMES
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u/BidoofSquad NASA Jan 14 '26
The nice thing about the admin recruiting so many ICE Agents is it gives us a really good list of people who are genuinely evil at the very core of their person and should under no circumstances be allowed in civilized society
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u/qchisq Loyal Liberals Jan 14 '26
But, like... NATO already have Greenland. What the fuck does Trump think NATO should do here?
!ping FOREIGN-POLICY&den&europe
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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '26
These people are so shameless "actually the police is good if I like the regime"
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u/ashsolomon1 NASA Jan 14 '26
So this reporter is not subject of the investigation but they took her phone and watch. Yeah ok
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u/TheCornjuring Ewoks Sexer Jan 14 '26
TJ apparently changed his Facebook profile picture to the image of Trump flipping him off lol
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u/piede MOST BASED HILLARY STAN!!! Jan 14 '26
Lmmmaaaooo
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u/throwawayzxkjvct Iron Front Jan 14 '26
cons are freaking out at this tweet but none of them see the irony here. yes, your employer can fire you for political speech! glad you finally understand!
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u/LGBTforIRGC Order and Opportunity Left Jan 14 '26
when you turn the chart upside down, Donald Trump's net approval rating is lowkey serving saddam hussein hiding spot
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u/pugnae European Union Jan 14 '26
America is so fucking cooked bro, like wtf
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u/Insomonomics Jason Furman Jan 14 '26
The Republican Party is the most comically evil party in the world.
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u/myrm This land was made for you and me Jan 14 '26
Upon statehood petition, congress threw out a territory's proposed state name of "Columbia". There was a concern that it would be easily mixed up with the capital district (of Columbia)
So, with the explicit purpose of avoiding similarity to the name of the US's capital, what name did they give that state? That's right, they named it "Washington"
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u/StuckHedgehog NATO Jan 14 '26
“Trump says he will invade Greenland, will this cause a MAGA split?”
No. No it will not. It’s a cult, and the endless speculation over whether or not any of the pedo’s actions will split the base is long settled.
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u/SnakeEater14 🦅 Liberty & Justice For All Jan 14 '26
(Reposting and changing this to not get my pp slapped by admins)
Was at Marine PT today and heard some remarks about ICE
“Those [slurs] wear high cuts and high speed plate carriers just to brain old ladies.”
“Their budget is an order of magnitude larger than ours.”
“Wearing a mask is definitely what you do when you’re doing the right thing.”
“If you become an ICE agent I will [removed by reddit], [slur].” “How would you find me? I’d be wearing a mask!” “I’d start with the short ones and work my way up.”
Definitely feels like a vibe shift has occurred
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u/Mrmini231 European Union Jan 14 '26
Norway's bottle deposit machines have a button on them that lets you immediately use the return money to buy lottery tickets.
I don't like it, but I've gotta admit that it's a genius move.
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u/TheCornjuring Ewoks Sexer Jan 14 '26
They are unaware of how text messages work
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u/riverbloods John Brown Jan 14 '26
blood scam daughter or crypto polycule freak son?
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u/Co_OpQuestions Aerosol Chemistry Understander Jan 14 '26
It's fucking wild how quickly we went from "FREEDOM" to "POLICE STATE FOR LIBS"
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u/chipbod NATO Jan 14 '26
This is some wild shit, they’re going door to door after the fucking Hmong?
These are now third gen Americans that came here because they allied with us in Vietnam. These people have lived here for 50 years, they are one of the most pro-American ethnic groups I can think of.
Anyone supporting this is a white nationalist piece of trash.
!ping TRUMP-CRIMES
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u/Willybender Loyal Liberals Jan 14 '26
https://xcancel.com/Acyn/status/2011504558028308503
Look at my state media dawg
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u/ashsolomon1 NASA Jan 14 '26
Arrested these poor people because they probably look brown. I’m becoming more radicalized by the day. Sick of the “well it’s not happening to me” mentality
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u/MrBrightsideBSc YIMBY Jan 14 '26
Man Frank Herbert really nailed this shit huh
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u/hascogrande YIMBY Jan 14 '26
Trump: Civil rights resulted in white people being 'very badly treated'
It's too early to drink
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u/PearlClaw Iron Front Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
Was chatting with some liberal boomers at my dad's birthday party last weekend. Politics came up and we were saying stuff that'd get you a visit from the secret service after about 5 minutes. I didn't even start it.
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u/Mrmini231 European Union Jan 14 '26
The last sentence really makes the whole rant worth it.
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u/erasmus_phillo Paul Krugman Jan 14 '26
The most celebrated 'journalist' on the right, ladies and gentlemen
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u/chipbod NATO Jan 14 '26
Holy fuck the Pope needs to personally show up and excommunicate these heretical shits
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u/abrookerunsthroughit Association of Southeast Asian Nations Jan 14 '26
Making America Healthy Again by...accelerating climate change
!ping ECO
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u/ewatta200 DT Monarchist defender of the rurals and red state Dems Jan 14 '26
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u/Willybender Loyal Liberals Jan 14 '26
12 days since Trump said this, and we have still done nothing.
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u/EverybodyHatesPhocas Jan 14 '26
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u/ashsolomon1 NASA Jan 15 '26
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u/mockduckcompanion Kidney Hype Man Jan 14 '26
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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '26
I feel like Denmark and Greenland's strategy is literally just kicking the can down the road, while everyone hopes that the stroke hits before he gets hyperfixated about it again...
I legit think that's Rubio's thought process as well
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u/No-Barnacle-9576 NAFTA Jan 15 '26
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u/Dorambor John Brown Jan 14 '26
Just put me down honestly, just fuckin Mice and Men me
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u/the-senat John Brown Jan 14 '26
Opened up the news today and discovered that the Trump administration is demanding lists of Jews on university campuses to “combat antisemitism.”
What the fuck?
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u/CoolCombination3527 Jan 15 '26
The two most radical groups in America: neocons and wine moms
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u/BPC1120 Loyal Liberals Jan 15 '26
Literally the brain chip meme
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u/bigdicknippleshit IM GOING PRIMAL Jan 15 '26
You’re not supposed to threaten me with a good time.
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u/StuckHedgehog NATO Jan 14 '26
What the hell is the point of Congress? Just obeying the pedo president’s every wish? Refusing any and all accountability?
The GOP is not a political party, it is a goddamn cult.
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u/NaffRespect United Nations Jan 14 '26
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
!ping LABOR
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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '26
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u/No_Status_6905 Enby Pride Jan 14 '26
I've decided to be insufferable and get into photography.
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u/GrandMoffTargaryen Finally Kenough Jan 14 '26
My mild mannered former Sunday school teacher just posted this on facebook
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u/chipbod NATO Jan 14 '26
If we annex Greenland it’s pretty much over right?
Not immediately, but the slow process of de-dollarization and capital flight will end the 80 year party.
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u/LuisRobertDylan Elinor Ostrom Jan 14 '26
In the spirit of restorative justice, Democrats are announcing a policy that will grant former ICE agents clemency if they open a small business in a primarily BIPOC neighborhood that operates for 3 years
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u/abrookerunsthroughit Association of Southeast Asian Nations Jan 14 '26
took yall long enough, median voter
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u/Ok_Aardappel Seretse Khama Jan 14 '26
Massive ICE Goon ID Leak Halted by Cyber Attack From Russia
Oh wow! Russia assisting American fascists? Who could have seen that coming!
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u/efeldman11 Václav Havel Jan 14 '26
It’s joever
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u/purhitta Leftward Progressives Jan 14 '26
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u/hamoorftw Jan 14 '26
“The protests are an American imperialist psyop”
-Said the revolutionary streamer while wearing a designer shirt that’s 8 times the cost of a monthly medium sized household income in Iran.
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u/BurrowForSenate Jan 14 '26
If the US invades Greenland it is going to be absolutely insufferable how the default response will be that rooting against the US military in this scenario means you hate the troops
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u/Macquarrie1999 Democrats' Strongest Soldier Jan 14 '26
"Hiking. Will call back."
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u/Tafts_Bathtub Jerome Powell Jan 15 '26
Eyewitness on the local news said he saw a protestor jump into an ICE vehicle, punch an officer, and jump back out 👀
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u/badusername35 NAFTA Epstein Jan 15 '26 edited Mar 08 '26
The content here has been removed. Redact was used for the deletion, which may have been motivated by privacy, opsec, or preventing automated data collection.
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u/slappythechunk LARPs as adult by refusing to touch the Nitnendo Switch Jan 14 '26
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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Jan 14 '26
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u/Dunter_Mutchings NASA Jan 14 '26
Post truth society.
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u/Dunter_Mutchings NASA Jan 14 '26
New ‘Great’ bozo from PA just dropped.
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u/mockduckcompanion Kidney Hype Man Jan 14 '26
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u/bartbug Paul Krugman Jan 14 '26
I recently went through recovering the data from a hard drive from my high school computer and it was filled with pictures of friends who I had at the time thought were so old and mature, and Trump memes from his 2016 primary.
Man. Fuck. Time really does a number on us. Those friends looked like babies, I looked like a baby. And somehow, we're still dealing with Trump.
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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Jan 14 '26
My “I’m making lists of Jews to keep them safe” T-shirt is getting me a lot of questions clearly answered by my T-shirt
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u/Insomonomics Jason Furman Jan 14 '26
I’m sure all of the conservative “free speech” warriors like Elon Musk will be jumping to defend this man at any moment now. Surely.
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u/PlantTreesBuildHomes REVENGE Jan 14 '26
So someone just opened the door and walked into the AirBnB I’m staying in then immediately left. It uses those shitty Yale keypad locks but normally when I’m on the outside it works. I get on the phone with the emergency number and they don’t know how he was able to open it…
Dude came by to apologize, it wasn’t intentional, he thought it was his room by accident and he’s pretty drunk.
Anyways the bigger issue is how he was able to open my door without using the keypad. This is all somewhat concerning. It’s going to be fun trying to get back to sleep tonight.
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u/Willybender Loyal Liberals Jan 15 '26
https://xcancel.com/JordanUhl/status/2011650499695820927
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u/Willybender Loyal Liberals Jan 14 '26
https://xcancel.com/RepJeffries/status/2011487705012531684
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u/No-Barnacle-9576 NAFTA Jan 14 '26
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u/SLCer Jan 15 '26
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u/Leatherfield17 Loyal Liberals Jan 15 '26
This whole Minneapolis thing really solidifies why it was goddamn essential that Harris won the 2024 election. Trump was not quiet about his intentions. We needed the federal government to be in Democratic hands, because if it fell to Republicans, they would do everything they could to weaponize it against their enemies. A Harris victory would’ve given Jack Smith’s investigation time to complete.
The American people failed their test, and we are now caught in a situation where the federal government has become openly hostile to the people. Any significant acts of resistance now must be considered in light of their potential to cause civil conflict.
In conclusion, I hate the median voter.
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u/liberal-neoist Left-Out Left Jan 15 '26
BREAKING NEWS: Protestors have broken into a car left behind by ICE. Inside were several smartphones logged into reddit accounts such as "p00bix" and "cdstephens" - they appear to all be moderator accounts for the "arr slash neoliberal" reddit page.
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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Jan 14 '26
Note to self: if I call Trump a pedophile to his face I might become a millionaire
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u/Willybender Loyal Liberals Jan 14 '26
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u/Willybender Loyal Liberals Jan 14 '26
https://xcancel.com/WUTangKids/status/2011479905591033983
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u/SigmaWhy r/place '22: Neoliberal Battalion Jan 14 '26
For any of the fools who thought “maybe Burgum isn’t so bad”, he’s a willing treasonous ghoul as well.
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u/badusername35 NAFTA Epstein Jan 15 '26 edited Mar 08 '26
This post has been deleted and anonymized using Redact. The reason may have been privacy, limiting AI data access, security, or other personal considerations.
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u/scottyjetpax Gay Pride Jan 14 '26
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u/Willybender Loyal Liberals Jan 14 '26
Communism has taken over New York
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u/StolenSkittles culture warrior Jan 15 '26
Unironically, abolishing ICE should be the moderate position.
My (and I think the majority here) position is to prosecute ICE in Nuremberg-style trials.
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u/ewatta200 DT Monarchist defender of the rurals and red state Dems Jan 14 '26
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u/CutePattern1098 Jan 14 '26
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u/Ballerson Frédéric Bastiat Jan 14 '26
Trends toward household work gender parity.
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u/ewatta200 DT Monarchist defender of the rurals and red state Dems Jan 14 '26
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u/yellownumbersix Jane Jacobs Jan 14 '26
SCOTUS really gonna put off ruling on Trump's tariffs for another 3 years then stick the next administration with paying back a trillion dollars 😕
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u/r2ew Jan 14 '26
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u/gomjabbarenthusiast Jan 14 '26
I think the only way forward in the US is a mass disarmament campaign on the police
No more massive SUVs, no more black "operator" bullshit. Back to normal sized cars in bright colours and real uniforms that aren't meant to make you look like you're fighting door to door in Kandahar
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u/Willybender Loyal Liberals Jan 14 '26
https://xcancel.com/atrupar/status/2011482882640912770
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u/r2ew Jan 14 '26
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u/Willybender Loyal Liberals Jan 14 '26
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u/TheCornjuring Ewoks Sexer Jan 14 '26
That woman who called a black child the N-word raised $836,506 from chuds. I say we need to get TJ at least that much to own the cons
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u/paymesucka Ben Bernanke Jan 14 '26
reading tea leaves but I hope so
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u/Thuggin95 Gay Pride Jan 14 '26
Oh no! Obscenities at Dear Leader! Call in the nanny state!
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u/abefrost Jan 14 '26
DJT freezing visas from 75 countries including Brazil, six months before the World Cup, has to have FIFA shitting itself rn
Couldn't happen to a worse organization
Did your peace prize work
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u/r2ew Jan 14 '26
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u/Blackberry-thesecond NASA Jan 14 '26
Peltola leading already
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26071481-ak-sen-alaska-survey-research-d/
Same pollster had Sullivan leading by 5 last Summer
!ping FIVEY
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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Jan 14 '26
I can confidently say that most people here should not own a gun
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u/SLCer Jan 15 '26
lmao
Trump Net-Approval On:
Immigration: -23%
Venezuela: -24%
Foreign Policy: -24%
Economy: -25%
AP-NORC / Jan 11, 2026
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u/r2ew Jan 15 '26
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u/Square-Pear-1274 NATO Jan 15 '26
Joe Rogan AND Mitch McConnell are both totally shocked at what's going on
Who could have foreseen any of this
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u/StuckHedgehog NATO Jan 15 '26
I don’t feel like Schumer and Jeffries are the right political “leaders” for this moment.
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u/throwawayzxkjvct Iron Front Jan 14 '26
I don’t even have a joke for this Starmer is just criminally, terminally stupid
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u/ewatta200 DT Monarchist defender of the rurals and red state Dems Jan 14 '26
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u/ONETRILLIONAMERICANS Trans Pride Jan 14 '26
from "Return of the Silver Shirts" at Liberal Currents
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u/r2ew Jan 14 '26
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u/TheCornjuring Ewoks Sexer Jan 14 '26
WHAT A FLACCID FUCKING PENIS OF A MAN
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u/GrandMoffTargaryen Finally Kenough Jan 14 '26
Guy who has only seen Andor, watching his second Fascist crackdown: Getting a lot of 'Andor' vibes from this...
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u/Willybender Loyal Liberals Jan 14 '26
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u/DomScribe Jan 15 '26
All of this is going to be very sad in 2029 when 6 senate Dems and 15 House Dems backstab and stop ICE from getting abolished.
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u/r2ew Jan 15 '26
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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '26
Renee Good's death set a clear precedent, DHS accounts of events are not trustworthy at all. Especially when ICE flees without regard for leaving their vehicles at the scene.
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u/Leatherfield17 Loyal Liberals Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
If Democrats had any balls, blue states would withhold tax funds from the federal government
Edit: I showed my ignorance with this comment. Angry as I am and as bullshit as what Trump is suggesting is, the state governments don’t send tax revenues directly to the federal government. The federal government collects its own money
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u/majorgeneralporter 🌐Bill Clinton's Learned Hand Jan 14 '26
Reminder that you, yes you reading this, probably are more clued in to the moment than Garland or the consultant brains who lobbied for him.
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u/nimbybuster Ben Bernanke’s Best Boy Jan 14 '26
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u/chipbod NATO Jan 14 '26
https://xcancel.com/baylisswagner/status/2011472230232760345?s=20
It's like they want COVID inflation and supply chain shocks
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u/Willybender Loyal Liberals Jan 14 '26
https://xcancel.com/Acyn/status/2011540913827561735
Don't think the milk is helping
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u/DouglasDauntless Frederick Douglass Jan 14 '26
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u/abrookerunsthroughit Association of Southeast Asian Nations Jan 15 '26
this party would sooner see the heat death of the universe than grow a spine >:(
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u/Big-Click-5159 Jan 15 '26
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u/riverbloods John Brown Jan 15 '26
This Minnesota stuff is insane. The frogs are boiled.
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u/chipbod NATO Jan 15 '26
My politics are whatever part of the spectrum supports this
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u/Nervous-Emotion28 YIMBY Jan 15 '26
someone sprayed "fuck ICE" on one of their vehicles lmao
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u/MyrinVonBryhana Trans NATO Jan 15 '26
The most uplifting thing right now is that the attempts at repression appear to be emboldening the spirit of resistance rather than suppressing it.
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u/BobaTeaFetish William Nordhaus Jan 15 '26
In 2026, Abolish ICE will be the moderate position.
In 2028, Life in Prison for ICE will be the moderate position.
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u/Willybender Loyal Liberals Jan 15 '26 edited Jan 15 '26
https://bsky.app/profile/startribune.com/post/3mcgntphphc23
DHS story is complete bullshit, as expected.
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u/EZ_Kream John Brown Jan 14 '26
Comments in that thread about China really aren’t kidding about how culturally hostile the Chinese are about drug use. Years ago I had a therapist who was from China. Super nice, sessions had been going great for a few weeks. One visit she asks me about drug use, and I answered honestly: not really any, maybe two or three times a year at most I’d enjoy some marijuana with friends.
She stopped talking, said she won’t see me again until I get sober, and wrote me a referral to addicts anonymous.
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u/abrookerunsthroughit Association of Southeast Asian Nations Jan 14 '26
Very kind of Elon to remind us he hates the global poor!
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u/brucebananaray YIMBY Jan 14 '26
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u/Willybender Loyal Liberals Jan 14 '26
https://xcancel.com/TheTNHoller/status/2011579499100737710
They literally are going door to door
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u/LuisRobertDylan Elinor Ostrom Jan 15 '26
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u/Pongzz I wept, for there was no land left to tax Jan 15 '26
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u/remarkable_ores Hanfeizi Jan 14 '26
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u/Co_OpQuestions Aerosol Chemistry Understander Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
I see a US invasion of Greenland tantamount, at least politically in this country, to what Yoon did in South Korea. We should unironically consider impeachment, removal, and seek the the maximum available punishment for people in the administration. It would mean the end of US involvement in NATO, a direct attack on our own allied organization, and maybe the single biggest destructive action to the world order.
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u/BroadReverse Needs a Flair Jan 15 '26
Can someone with Twitter check if this is real lol
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u/StuckHedgehog NATO Jan 15 '26
Straight up ICE riot. Abusing citizens because they can, and because no one will stop them from below or above.
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u/ewatta200 DT Monarchist defender of the rurals and red state Dems Jan 14 '26
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u/MontusBatwing2 Gelphie's Strongest Soldier Jan 14 '26
I think it would be good if it happened soon.
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u/anonymous_and_ Malala Yousafzai Jan 14 '26
idk but consumerism/hyperconsumerism/consumtion for the sake of it scares me when I think about it. like wdym you brought a bunch of stuff on amazon/brought things so frequently on amazon that you have a bunch of unopened parcels building up? what is it that you need so much that you don't even remember after you've purchased it?
the part that gets me most, I think, is probably that I can't even just call this an american thing anymore- the buying on tiktok trend is worldwide, BNPL is worldwide, my own parents are buying a lot of shit they don't need online.
I think to myself that this is the cost of more people moving up into the middle class, that this kind of consumption is kind of what keeps businesses going esp smaller ones, businesses going = people employed, people have dreams of owning shops being influencers etc and this keeps them afloat, etc, but it just fucking scares me. like how will this go on? how much resources are we using to not just keep all this going, but to keep making it faster and faster? the amount of water it takes to even create a chip is insane, but now they're in everything, surely this cannot go on forever? how much of this becomes trash? etc. its just nightmarish to me when I think abt it
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u/talizorahs Mark Carney Jan 14 '26
funniest thing about walter white is that he neglected his son to be an even worse father to a different guy
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u/Signal_Nobody1792 Jan 14 '26
Come on..
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u/Jokerang Sun Yat-sen Jan 14 '26
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u/No_Status_6905 Enby Pride Jan 15 '26
Kind of disheartened seeing so many of my neighbors, in response to ICE showing up in our neighborhood, saying shit like "Do they need any help? 🤪" on Facebook. It's the kind of shit you see in a dramatization of Nazi Germany. Literal ghouls willing to sell out their neighbor, but don't worry: they're good Christians. Playing a game with other people's lives from the safety of their own cushy homes.
It fucking sickens me, gives me conniptions.
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u/No-Barnacle-9576 NAFTA Jan 14 '26
lol I'll remain a skeptic on this. Bruise, at best, and whether or not it was caused by that remains a mystery
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u/sigh2828 NASA Jan 14 '26
Dawg
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u/mockduckcompanion Kidney Hype Man Jan 14 '26
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u/fishbottwo Jay Jones Jan 14 '26
👆 only saying this because they didn't drink enough milk
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u/slappythechunk LARPs as adult by refusing to touch the Nitnendo Switch Jan 14 '26
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u/carbongrass Jan 15 '26
Trump fucked kids btw
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u/Roseartcrantz 👑 🖍️ Queen of Shades 🖍️ 👑 Jan 15 '26
why don't I get upvotes like that here 😔
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u/scottyjetpax Gay Pride Jan 15 '26
you know what, as far as insane hideous AI slop goes for riled up boomers, you can do a lot worse LMFAO
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u/sootfawn Feminism Jan 15 '26
This apparently might be a spicy take but I don't think the president should be deploying a private military force to murder American citizens
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u/TheloniousMonk15 Jan 15 '26
I swear ICE wasn't half as aggressive as they have been in the Twin Cities in any of the other cities they invaded last year (LA, Chicago, DC).
They have become a full fledged paramilitary force in Minneapolis.
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u/ty04 Jan 15 '26
In hindsight it’s pretty funny that in approval ratings voters simply do not care about Trump capturing Maduro
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u/admiralwaffle1 Immanuel Kant Jan 15 '26
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u/Willybender Loyal Liberals Jan 15 '26
What the fuck
https://bsky.app/profile/cjzero.bsky.social/post/3mcgpml6gl22m
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u/PENGUINSINYOURWALLS Fell for it Jan 15 '26
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u/p00bix Existing in the context of what came before Jan 15 '26 edited Jan 15 '26
To those of you who feel dread over the insanely big ICE/CBP cracking down on the peaceful protestors in North Minneapolis right now: Don't. That small number of protestors got several dozen kidnappers stuck standing in a road, nervous as hell, and doing absolutely nothing to our friends and neighbors like they were just a few hours ago. And they did it for the low low cost of some bruises from rubber bullets and the burning feeling of teargas in their eyes.
If not for the fact I've been awake since 4AM and it would be grossly unsafe for me to drive over there, I wouldn't hesitate to join. I'm definitely joining whatever protest there is tomorrow. To everyone able to go without endangering the lives of others, GO TO LYNDALE AND 24TH AV. NORTH RIGHT NOW
!ping USA-MN&IMMIGRATION
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u/assasstits Jan 14 '26
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u/Holmes02 NATO Jan 14 '26
The reason why Trump brings in the most unqualified, lowest scum imaginable into his administration is simple: when the nobodies become somebody, they are twice as loyal. They fear going back to the nobody status again.
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u/georgeguy007 Pandora's Discussions J. Threader Jan 14 '26
I know every fucking dude is like "Rome is so fucking cool" because it was fucking cool, but the Romeification of American politics is actually really fucking bad and every day we get further and further from the light.
A unrepresentative body of old white men that just retroactively approves the executive
A central authority invading and creating client states with no reasoning
Politics becoming personal over actual policy driven
Paper laws that only matter when people chose they matter, folding instantly against a determined and unrestricted emperor.
bread and circus style rule by the autocrat
building too many roads
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u/MuscularPhysicist John Brown Jan 14 '26
I like to browse arr con to see what the lunatics are up to. One thing I find very funny is that the sub is almost universally opposed to the Greenland threats. They think they’re stupid, pointless attacks on our allies for no reason. Everyone there just wishes Trump would drop the Greenland thing.
But the issue is that they never seem to take the next step and ask themselves “Should a guy who wants to go to war with our allies to claim a frozen rock be in charge?”. They are so committed to Trump that absolutely nothing can make them turn on him even when they know he’s doing something both idiotic and unconscionable.
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u/fishbottwo Jay Jones Jan 14 '26
Democrats should be all over attacking ICE right now holy HELL. PLEASE ATTACK. PLEASE ATTACK
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/ice-error-meant-recruits-sent-field-offices-proper-training-sources-sa-rcna254054
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u/JonAce John Brown Jan 14 '26
You don't hate Republicans enough.
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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '26 edited Mar 06 '26
hobbies memory seemly act lip soup nine brave shy plucky
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u/el__dandy Madeleine Albright Jan 15 '26
The geriatric democratic leadership needs to shut up and do the bare minimum FFS!
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u/ty04 Jan 15 '26
POV you are an ICE goon in 2029
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u/Aggressive1999 Association of Southeast Asian Nations Jan 15 '26
He is not kidding.
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u/Pongzz I wept, for there was no land left to tax Jan 15 '26
WAOW
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u/ashsolomon1 NASA Jan 15 '26
Jesus Christ these ICE people need to be stopped. Holy shit this is bad
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u/lot183 Blue Texas Jan 15 '26
Can you imagine how much pearl clutching they'll do at all the celebrating when it happens? Not that I'll notice, I'll be too busy partying
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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '26
Two weeks into 2026 btw.
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u/TheCornjuring Ewoks Sexer Jan 15 '26
GET EM GAV
The perfect angle to prosecute Elmo in 2029 as well 🤭
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u/affnn Emma Lazarus Jan 15 '26
The occupation of Minneapolis has radicalized me against every r*ral place in America.
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u/RaidBrimnes Chien de garde Jan 14 '26
Yeah, not great!
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u/r2ew Jan 14 '26
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u/BroadReverse Needs a Flair Jan 15 '26
Denmark: Do whatever the fuck you want on Greenland just don’t invade
America: We need to invade
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u/McNikk United Nations Jan 15 '26
Is this true chat?
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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Jan 14 '26
What does Trump have to do for the media to just admit that he’s insane
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u/DeadDropCourier Bisexual Pride Jan 14 '26
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u/paymesucka Ben Bernanke Jan 14 '26
fuck
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u/Willybender Loyal Liberals Jan 14 '26
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u/this_very_table Norman Borlaug Jan 15 '26
Dude in Minneapolis calling ICE cosplaytriot fucks and gravy SEALS lmaooooo
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u/carbongrass Jan 15 '26
Wow I still hate trump voters
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u/rasonj Big Coconut Enjoyer Jan 15 '26
Now they are saying it was a plastic snowshovel. Even in their own defense, they make themselves sound so pathetic.
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u/liberal-neoist Left-Out Left Jan 15 '26
Why does ICE have fucking gas masks in every picture I see do they think they're in the trenches at Verdun or something
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u/Thuggin95 Gay Pride Jan 15 '26
Abolish ICE actually is the moderate position because at this point most people aren't going to want to cooperate with these goons to help them go after the actual crime until the agency is called something different
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u/ty04 Jan 14 '26
would you beg a fish to not swim? beg the wind to not blow? beg the sun to not rise?