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Father and Husband. Chemist. Metro Atlanta Foodie. Absorbing way more information than I know what to do with.

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Jordan Brand's Road to World Domination Driving the ethos of greatness beyond sports

My newest #Substack is live! I discuss the role automobiles, multi-hyphenates, and culture play in Jordan Brand's renaissance 🚘

Jordan Brand's Road to World Domination tinyurl.com/55uh3ejz

16.02.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.

The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.

17.02.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 4008 πŸ” 2010 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 48

DHS is holding a 2-month-old BABY at a detention facility in Texas.

Last night, Juan NicolΓ‘s was rushed to the hospital after choking on his own vomit & being unable to breathe.

This demands accountability β€” not a blank check for more cruelty.

18.02.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 6906 πŸ” 2515 πŸ’¬ 212 πŸ“Œ 120

Complaining that following the Constitution will stop you from doing the thing you want to do is... an admission that what you want to do is unconstitutional.

You swore an oath to defend the Constitution. You are violating that oath, Rep. Alford. Time to go home and let someone else do the job.

17.02.2026 00:36 πŸ‘ 3892 πŸ” 998 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 16
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Whistleblower Says Radioactive Fracking Waste Site Melted His Jaw. Now There’s an Elementary School There. Then an elementary school was built on top of it.

For decades, Texas let drillers spread staggering amounts of radioactive and PFAS-ridden waste on the fringes of the nation’s fourth largest metro area β€” while making it virtually impossible for the public to know where.

Absolutely fucking insane story from @saulelbein.bsky.social today

11.02.2026 12:35 πŸ‘ 337 πŸ” 197 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 42

Worth watching this in full. The statement is more powerful than this quote alone. Here is is from USA Today, with alt text.

Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.

10.02.2026 22:12 πŸ‘ 3884 πŸ” 1029 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 27

I am such a sucker for "animal ends up on the court/track/field/pitch"

10.02.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh no. This will be used terribly.

09.02.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We’re gonna win they’re gonna lose

09.02.2026 01:36 πŸ‘ 1781 πŸ” 260 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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Mamdani announces a new executive order protecting New Yorkers from "abusive immigration enforcement," including requiring ICE to have a judicial warrant to enter NYC property

06.02.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 21749 πŸ” 5168 πŸ’¬ 396 πŸ“Œ 384

Black history month PSA: depicting Black people as apes and monkeys is racism.

06.02.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 122 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

There is clarity in second-term Trump increasingly confessing that many items on his to-do listβ€”demanding tribute from universities, especially Harvard; claiming he might β€œtake” Greenland; declaring he won an election that he knows he lostβ€”are nothing more than efforts to boost his wounded ego.

06.02.2026 11:39 πŸ‘ 1094 πŸ” 221 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 10

β€œgreat replacement” is a white supremacist conspiracy theory that has been cited in NUMEROUS mass shootings including buffalo topps and el paso walmart

furthermore, what we are seeing in MN is a direct result of that hateful racist rhetoric manufacturing consent and democrats should be saying that

06.02.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 2165 πŸ” 554 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 6

2) You always were confident in who you were at a time when most are outwardly not, or are more performatively than needed. You always have felt genuinely YOU, and it is an incredibly admirable thing.

Happy Birthday! Glad to see you out here writing incredible works still.

04.02.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

1) I still remember us watching (I believe) Under the Red Hood or one of the DC animated movies and talking comic books when we were RAs together and how formative and welcoming that was.

04.02.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing even remotely like the modern system of tightly restricted international borders existed in biblical times.

03.02.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 1593 πŸ” 252 πŸ’¬ 114 πŸ“Œ 13

I love when the members of Congress - both Dems and Republicans - about things like whether ICE should have to use judicial warrants or be banned from deporting citizens like they're new.

These things are already the law! ICE just isn't following the law.

03.02.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 913 πŸ” 205 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 7
DHS: Want affordable housing? Help report illegal aliens in your area. Call 866-DHS-2-ICE.

If you are an illegal alien, you can take control of your departure using DHS.GOV/CBPHOME.

DHS: Want affordable housing? Help report illegal aliens in your area. Call 866-DHS-2-ICE. If you are an illegal alien, you can take control of your departure using DHS.GOV/CBPHOME.

straight up Gestapo shit

31.01.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 32579 πŸ” 10205 πŸ’¬ 1942 πŸ“Œ 1285

The Apatosaurus/Brontosaurus story you probably learned as a dinosaur-obsessed kid is substantively wrong!

31.01.2026 17:16 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It is literally impossible to dox federal workers for the same reason it's not doxxing when McDonalds management asks workers to wear name tags

Every single person in the United States government works for us. We are management and we need to know who our employees are

30.01.2026 05:45 πŸ‘ 3337 πŸ” 741 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 15
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How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by nameβ€”citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

30.01.2026 11:55 πŸ‘ 16414 πŸ” 10004 πŸ’¬ 838 πŸ“Œ 1356

oh they are going to rip each other to shreds as it becomes clear that the country has decisively turned against them

27.01.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 10309 πŸ” 1977 πŸ’¬ 310 πŸ“Œ 115

We're not dismantling this immediately?

27.01.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 1032 πŸ” 222 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 6
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Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE

Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune

26.01.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 7339 πŸ” 3838 πŸ’¬ 206 πŸ“Œ 528

The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:

- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE

26.01.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 32014 πŸ” 7596 πŸ’¬ 484 πŸ“Œ 368

Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump β€” 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.

24.01.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 13217 πŸ” 5092 πŸ’¬ 223 πŸ“Œ 404

THEY TRIED TO GET A WARRANT TO CRIMINALLY INVESTIGATE THE WOMAN THEY SHOT DEAD

24.01.2026 00:07 πŸ‘ 7506 πŸ” 2019 πŸ’¬ 155 πŸ“Œ 98

"Perfection Preparation" was an A+ episode of JJK. like John Wick meets Kill Bill in anime.

23.01.2026 01:26 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

22.01.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 14682 πŸ” 7001 πŸ’¬ 393 πŸ“Œ 530

ICE kidnapped a 5-year-old and sent him alone to a facility in Texas. Hell isn't hot enough.

21.01.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 9088 πŸ” 3342 πŸ’¬ 172 πŸ“Œ 193