Notices by Shoq (shoq@mastodon.social)

#RIP Rev. Jackson. He was there for the birth of the civil rights movement. And he may have lived to see the end of it too. Let’s hope not.

This Don Lemon indictment is truly odious. They are basically charging them with aiding and abetting a criminal act which carries the same penalty as if they were the criminal actors. This is clearly an effort to silence the Press and we have to push back viciously.

‘Rage knitting’ against the machine: the hobbyists putting anti-ICE messages into crafts
▶ Makers take a stand through ‘Melt the ICE’ red knit caps and sparkly nails.

cc @bluegal.bsky.social

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/29/ice-knitting-protest-immigration?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

What a surprise! Who could have seen this coming?

Top Election Denier Had Key Role in FBI’s Georgia Election Office Raid

▶ A look at the warrant revealed a chilling detail.

https://newrepublic.com/post/205896/election-denier-fbi-georgia-election-office-raid

“Cringeworthy “Melania” Trailer drops, as critics savage the movie mess and its notorious sex-pest director.

https://archive.ph/20260128191348/https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/melania-documentary-gets-brutally-review-bombed/

Spent 90 minutes looking for a Soundbar remote that didn’t survive the move here. Then I find a replacement for only $9. 10 cents a damn minute. So not worth the time. Now that I’ve ordered, it will turn up in a shoe somewhere. Your god is a psycho.

IT SHOULD NOT GO WITHOUT SAYING ⏵

That there was a canary in this ICE coal mine. His name was George Floyd.

#MemeOfTheDay
https://stzl.ink/b6spr4

#MemeOfTheWeek

Pass it on.

The one thing I’ve learned in my long life? Every generation eventually learns that nothing good comes from Republicans in power. Nothing. Nixon’s EPA was the one exception, and that wasn’t even really his. And now Republicans have destroyed that too.

ICYMI:
Powell is punching back at this lawlessness.

Recall when MAGA caterwauled about “Weoponizing gov’t”. That’s what Trump does all day long, and not one of these gullible, limp-dicked fools has enough stones to admit it.

https://stzl.ink/qyseqb

BRAVO
This is precisely the reality for you dumbshit MAGA dupes. You lack the education or sense to grasp any of it. Gullible suckers being laughed at the by people who program your crass, venal reactions to EVERYTHING. It’s a shame you’re too stupid to be ashamed.

BREAKING NEWS (FROM THE 2ND CENTURY)

▶ The Heritage Foundation think tank is urging the federal government “to save and restore the American family,” kicking off the midterm election year with a call for conservatives to focus on domestic issues.

https://apnews.com/article/heritage-foundation-marriage-families-d8aaa3b47476c3cbb53f35b27e7b23bf?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

I’ve now been asked about a dozen times “what was the Monroe Doctrine actually was about?”

Apparently the media isn’t interested in explaining this to anyone. What a shock. It’s history, but it’s not complicated.

I said we see the grift in 48hrs. It took less.

Someone made $400,000 on Polymarket betting on Nicolás Maduro’s capture | The Verge

▶ New account placed suspiciously timed bets on Polymarket regarding Nicolás Maduro’s ouster and made over $400,000.

https://www.theverge.com/news/853765/someone-made-a-ton-of-money-betting-on-maduros-capture

Some say Trump, but I think the most dangerous person in the world is also the richest.

Elon Musk is an empirically evil bond villain without the intelligence, class… or brakes. And he delights in the wielding the vast power he’s amassing. #beAfraid.

And here’s another terrifying Twitter horror show that our nearly-extinct press corps will even mention. Grok is a machine-extension of Elon Musk’s personality. Someone who could be one of the most disturbed people to amass supreme power since Caligula.

Well, we’ve had 24 hours of total bullshit from the Trump cabal, but let’s now talk about what’s likely to happen.

And that isn’t going to be an oil grab. With the instability that’s about to happen, as always happens in situations like this, there is no way big oil is going to risk serious operations there, except what they’re paid to do to make Trump’s fantasy seem real to the suckers in the cheap seats.

Now let’s discuss what is much more likely:

Venezuela has all the ingredients 1/8

https://mastodon.social/@mark@tapbots.social/115831932001133462

Trump says the U.S. “will now run Venezuela.” You can be sure he has only the best people in mind for that job.

My money is still on my first assumption. But that assumes that Alina Habba doesn’t want the assignment. Don’t bet on that.