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Adam Rodger, a historian.

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PhD, University of Kansas 2024. Historian of Russia and the Soviet Union, civil war and revolution, 1930s European political history, history of empire, communism, nationalism, fascism, and migration. Good thing none of THAT is relevant anymore!

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Joint Technology Solutions, the company contracting to process the personal effects of dead soldiers (sure sounds like there's more than just six), is the "Don't look at our finances"iest-sounding company I've ever heard of.

04.03.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean, he didn't just fail; he didn't even try to do that.

01.03.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This might actually be the most dystopian shit I've ever seen in my life.

24.02.2026 01:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ABC’s β€˜The Rookie’ to Crossover With Dropout’s β€˜Game Changer’ in March Episode It's the crossover no one knew they needed: ABC's "The Rookie" will air an episode "prominently" featuring the cast of Dropout's "Game Changer."

β€œLaws are a threat made by the dominant socioeconomic ethnic group in a given nation. It’s just the promise of violence that’s enacted, and the police are basically an occupying army, you know what I mean?

You guys wanna make some bacon?”
-Bud Cubby

variety.com/2026/tv/news...

24.02.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Any chance that Tom "Yes I Will Take That Big Bag Of Cash" Homan was involved in this?

07.02.2026 08:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm just a girl, standing in front of a Guy Finnacum,

05.02.2026 22:55 πŸ‘ 839 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 8

They're actually equal weight, which proves that a billion dollars is made of wood.

06.02.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What I'm hearing is that if you want to cool the data center efficiently, what you need is a thicker atmosphere, like Venus. πŸ€”

05.02.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just thinking about Trump wanting Republicans to federalize elections in blue states...

03.02.2026 21:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Suffer the little children to come unto me, that I might use peer pressure to get them to guilt their parents into giving me tons of money while I tell them that all their friends whose parents don't give me money are going to hell. Blessed are the manipulable for they shall give me lots of money."

02.02.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a historian of civil wars and revolution, particularly in Russia and Spain, I don't think we can reasonably call this a civil war until, at the very least, people start organizing and shooting back. Until then, it's just - as the kids say - sparkling state violence.

01.02.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If only Comrade Stalin knew about the horrors of collectivization, the grain seizures, the famines, the killing, he would surely put an end to it.

31.01.2026 08:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He doesn't run antifa, but he does actually do a lot of really effective recruiting for them.

28.01.2026 04:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And for the record, even if Alex Pretti had an extensive and serious criminal background, it still wouldn't be okay to throw him to the ground, beat him, and shoot him ten times.

25.01.2026 09:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We need a Nuremberg 2.

25.01.2026 01:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

God damn you guys are disappointing.

Like yes, sure, he should resign - and he should be arrested and imprisoned, as should Noem and Vance and Hegseth and Trump and everyone else involved with this machine. ICE should be dismantled and abolished and everyone involved with it should be investigated.

25.01.2026 01:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:

24.01.2026 23:04 πŸ‘ 8182 πŸ” 3617 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 172

This might hold at least a little water if Schumer hadn't already betrayed us on this exact same issue like two months ago.

25.01.2026 01:25 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Walz activates National Guard after federal agent kills man in Minneapolis It comes after a request was made by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office.

Gov. Walz finally activates the Minnesota national guard to... work crowd control and protect federal property. I know, I know, it was never going to be more than that, but it's still deeply disappointing.

bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...

25.01.2026 00:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And he didn’t. He tried to help a woman who’d just been assaulted. There was nothing rash, stupid, or radical about what he did. He showed kindness. And they killed him for it.

24.01.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 8740 πŸ” 2272 πŸ’¬ 71 πŸ“Œ 20

I don't know why anyone would even entertain the possibility that the man was armed. Oh, the administration said he was armed? Then he definitely wasn't.

24.01.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder when we're all going to start saying the thing that we all want to say, even though it's a crime to say it. At what point do we say fuck It and call for the thing that we all at least kinda want to openly call for.

24.01.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think I agree, but I'm sure he knows that the moment he calls them up, Trump is going to federalize them. Then what? Telling them to refuse the federalization would be open sedition, and if he's arrested they'd want execution. Would it be worth it if nothing is accomplished? Maybe. Tough call.

24.01.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For legal reasons, I'm not saying that crowd should've swarmed in and beaten the absolute shit out of him for that, but I /am/ asking why that isn't happening.

22.01.2026 03:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Taking Trump's word that he won't use force against Greenland just because he /said/ so is dumb as hell. The man lies between breaths.

21.01.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"We don't know if Good was trying to hit Ross" is a cowardly thing to say here. Yes, we do know; it is perfectly clear that she was trying to leave and exit the situation safely. Brennan should be better than this at establishing facts.

19.01.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The people Jentleson is talking about can get bent.

18.01.2026 21:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.

17.01.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 15519 πŸ” 4726 πŸ’¬ 394 πŸ“Œ 617

That is awesome; I wonder if any of those museums are hiring πŸ€”πŸ˜…

18.01.2026 06:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Clearly a bit of ignorance on my part, but is it unusual that museum staffers would unionize with the auto workers' union? Those seem like extremely dissimilar professions; is that not relevant?

16.01.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0