Trump ran on identity politics and won He united voters around shared grievances, not plans to solve their problems. Aaron Rupar and Anna Gifty Dec 4

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=501423&post_id=152452593&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTUyNDUyNTkzLCJpYXQiOjE3MzMzMTExMDcsImV4cCI6MTczNTkwMzEwNywiaXNzIjoicHViLTUwMTQyMyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.nZllrCcdh8B1rjWiNBH8ETAycZ4Zg4rAJjNxn9Df4cE

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This was written shortly after the 2024 election.  Interesting to see how the playbook has not changed much and RepubliKKKLans rely on the same bigotry and cruelty to coelesce their aggrieved voters.  He notes how they offer nothing to solve actual social problems - but they continue to obsess over other people's genitlia.  Same old same old.

Operation Metro Surge Wasn’t the End The Minnesota movement still holds important lessons for those working to defend democracy in the Trump era.

 https://dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/trump-2026-midterm-elections-democracy-twin-cities/

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‘Rubber Stamp’ Immigration Judges Flout Federal Court Orders, Again and Again

 https://documentedny.com/2026/09/25/immigration-court-judges-bond-hearings-due-process/?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAqEAgAKgcICjDX654LMOT1tgMw-LC2BQ&utm_content=rundown

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Who Told Tommy Tuberville All The Pilots And Flight Attendants Are Furries? It was supposed to be a secret.

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=1148094&post_id=217143284&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjE3MTQzMjg0LCJpYXQiOjE3OTAyMDczODUsImV4cCI6MTc5Mjc5OTM4NSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTExNDgwOTQiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.PCPyGE0qVPpeu3Q8oprcghNW6C9wLdVczZhBaR-8hxo

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The Extremism of Moderates Nick Estes

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/09/16/the-extremism-of-moderates/

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The US Constitution and White Supremacy

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QanHvJBfvbY

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Trump's Manosphere Is a Dangerous Joke, and You Are the Punchline

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=4115828&post_id=202288818&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjAyMjg4ODE4LCJpYXQiOjE3ODE2MjQzMTcsImV4cCI6MTc4NDIxNjMxNywiaXNzIjoicHViLTQxMTU4MjgiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.4d4SkAauOhcnjLg3NcaaozTCseSwVDwEURkw1CBN7tM

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Pogroms, American Style

 https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/pogroms-american-style

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Hard-liners balk at GOP’s failure to enshrine anti-transgender laws

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/01/hard-liners-balk-at-gops-failure-to-enshrine-anti-transgender-laws-00943898?nname=inside-congress&nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b4be0000&nrid=a1507c6c-9793-46ac-8581-23013deaff40

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Corporate Media Asks Why Mamdani Skipped the Israel Day Parade Because They Lack The Courage to Ask the Hard Question

 https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/corporate-media-asks-why-mamdani

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

ICE's Bounty Hunters Leaked database shows how ICE pays off local cops to do their bidding By Ken Klippenstein

 https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-ices-bounty-hunters

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U.S. veteran adopted an orphan from Iran. Decades later, ICE is trying to deport her

 https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5723914/ice-iran-deporatation-adoption-adoptee-veter

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The pro-ICE church is worse than you think

Pro-ICE Churches should be Ashamed

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Bull Connor's Ghost - and the Trump Police State

 https://substack.com/app-link/post/publication_id=607357&post_id=184787993&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTg0Nzg3OTkzLCJpYXQiOjE3Njg4Nzg1ODQsImV4cCI6MTc3MTQ3MDU4NCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTYwNzM1NyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.SpRuOXy4XKd1OXzICBFBkRO7z9E1OiBCnAlpR0pPric

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Debunking the Nick Shirley Video Attacking Somalis in Minnesota

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=2550223&post_id=182815984&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTgyODE1OTg0LCJpYXQiOjE3NjcwMTc0NTQsImV4cCI6MTc2OTYwOTQ1NCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTI1NTAyMjMiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.HiVgkZL-IE95z6mMdAhf9Vtpos_f-g9l5zVhUY2kWrQ

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U.S. to Press Europe and Other Allies on ‘Mass Migration,’ Document Says

 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/us/politics/trump-rubio-mass-migration.html

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Not content to simply promote bigotry in the US, apparently they are promoting hatred, cruelty and racism around the world and insisting that everyone be as sociopathic as the US is, or face investigation and persecution if not cruel enough...  If it weren't so dangerous, it would be funny to listen to the Trumpian regime blaming (POC) immigrants for damaging social cohesion.  It is hard to wrap one's head around such tone deafness.

What is the point in engaging in debate with racists, bigots and haters? Collateral Education.

 https://substack.com/app-link/post/publication_id=2550223&post_id=176355118&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTc2MzU1MTE4LCJpYXQiOjE3NjA2NDUxMzIsImV4cCI6MTc2MzIzNzEzMiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTI1NTAyMjMiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.bYd9yhl4s5OqR5yk7hc6OHAj6Zj5Qv_oTSZFKyzrpFQ

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This may be a strange subject for someone who runs a blog like this, but I often question the kind of debate we have here.  It is kind of an existential question.  Why do it?  Often we are conversing with people whose minds are made up and closed like steel traps, and whose fundamental values (or lack thereof) conflict with our own.  

Quasim tackles this question - his rationale is what he calls Collateral Education.  Basicallyit is the idea that you aren't really talking to the individual on the other computer, but instead you are talking to the silent majority who are listening, who are interested in what we have to say, and who could use some clarity in their thoughts and arguments.  I think that he has something there.  So listen to how he approaches discussion as Collateral Education.  

Best wishes to the Class Strugglers out there.  Keep up the good work and please plan to attend a No Kings event near you.  Stay safe in these perilous times, NB

Ten Exercises You Can Do to Resist Fascism Ben RosenfeldFacebook

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/09/ten-exercises-you-can-do-to-resist-fascism/

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MAGA Pastor PLEADS GUILTY After SHOCKING SCANDAL

 https://youtu.be/pVqRxNDtKFs?si=xic75t37xDVlFm7i

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White America Fights for Democracy

 https://opiniojuris.org/2025/04/09/white-america-fights-for-democracy/

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