Taking a moment to understand fictosexuality and fictophilia will be extremely beneficial over the coming years. Future You will thank Current You

Does Taylor Rehmet’s Victory Foreshadow an Anti-MAGA Wave? As the dust settles, Texas Dems and Republicans weigh the lessons from the shock upset in Senate District 9.

Our top story: Rehmet’s win was a 31-point swing from President Donald Trump’s victory there less than a year and a half ago—and a 37-point swing from the GOP incumbent’s margin in that district in 2022.

Attorney General Ken Paxton Takes Legal Action Against Houston-Based Antifa Organization Engaged in Doxing and the Commission of Terrorism AUSTIN - Attorney General Ken Paxton has initiated legal action against Screwston Anti-Fascist Committee ("Screwston"), an Antifa-affiliated unincorporated nonprofit association, for potentially violating Texas law. "Radical leftists have engaged in coordinated efforts to militantly attack our nation and undermine the rule of law. Screwston and related ted groups have illegally doxed Texans ans and encouraged violent terrorism against fellow citizens," said Attorney General Paxton. "These deranged traitors will face the full force of law. No stone will e left unturned, and no tool will be left unused." be The investigation aims to determine the exact nature of Screwston's involvement in unlawful activity, including aiding in the commission of terrorism and "doxing," in violation of Texas law. The organization is self- admittedly affiliated with Antifa, which has been designated by President Donald Trump as a terrorist organization. Additionally, reported members of Screwston affiliates recently participated in an armed assault on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. Merchandise sold by the group promotes the death of ICE agents and encourages violence by mentally ill "transgender" individuals. As part of the investigation, Attorney General Paxton has issued a Request to Examine to Screwston, which is a legal demand for records and documents that will be used to identify the scope of legal violations committed by the organization.

Post from Screwston Antifascist Committee identifying a neo-Nazi in Houston

Texas AG Ken Paxton has announced legal action against the Houston area Screwston Antifascist Committee, alleging commission of terrorism and doxing. Their account has been quiet for some time, but this was one of their last posts — identifying a neo-Nazi.

the Barbara Kruger mural the chase is happening in front of reads:

"WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS BOUGHT AND SOLD? WHO IS FREE TO CHOOSE? WHO DOES THE TIME? WHO FOLLOWS ORDERS? WHO SALUTES LONGEST? WHO PRAYS LOUDEST? WHO DIES FIRST? WHO LAUGHS LAST?"

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social protesting isn't risky -----‐---------------------------- Sarkis Zaroukian @sarkisz.bsky.social The point of OPSEC is to make protesting less risky officer

"Protesting isn't risky"

At Standing Rock during NODAPL, people were being locked in cages, sprayed with water canons in freezing temps, beaten, hit with chemical weapons, rubber bullets, flash granades/other non-letheal granades, etc. A woman almost lost her arm from a flash grenade.

And not to put too fine a point on it, but a president who ran on eliminating “illegal” immigrants created a ton more “illegal” immigrants by canceling a bunch of actual real legal statuses. He took people off the path that everyone says they want people on.

Police Who Tear-Gas Abortion-Rights Protesters Could Induce Abortion Tear gas is widely used by law enforcement, even though it may cause spontaneous abortion

Every time I see images of tear gas filling the streets, I think about how it has been linked to spontaneous abortion. Fascists will prevent people from getting abortions while endangering wanted pregnancies. It’s reproductive control and coercion.
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Deaths of six men tied to Ferguson protests alarm activists The six deaths drew attention on social media and speculation among activists that something sinister was at play.

As someone who works in cybersecurity and is intimately familiar with the ways the state is tracking you, and a Missourian who remembers, *everyone* should give a shit about opsec.

A young Fred Korematsu

A photo of Fred Korematsu in his later years

"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu

Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/

Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.

📷️: Aaron Lavinsky

More Than 20 Ways to Celebrate Black History Month in Dallas From cook-offs to festivals to art exhibits and read-ins, North Texas is celebrating Black history in February.

From cook-offs to festivals to art exhibits and read-ins, North Texas is celebrating Black history in February.

Two people have been abducted from Scotland in the middle of the night by the US military. Despite an order from our highest court that they be kept here.

The Scottish Government must show that actions have consequences by evicting American troops from their base at publicly-owned Prestwick Airport

ASSUME YOUR SIGNAL CHATS ARE PUBLIC!!!!

you can avoid like 60-80% of problems with this one life hack alone!!

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The edgy pro violence direct action guys get nervous when people talk about killing your batterer or rapist and they start suddenly cherry picking black feminism and describing everyone as "carceral" for endorsing feminists acts of militant resistance to patriarchy. Everyone really does have a line.

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

CHARLES RAFFERTY The Problem with Early Warnings People don't like to leave a party unless the house is actually on fire. Even then, if the flames are far enough away to be pretty, they'll finish their drink, take one more pass at the hors d'oeuvres. How things happen has always been unclear. Hurricanes begin in a place where no one lives. Agents of the government start to wear masks. Fascism is a word my neighbors won't use yet. They are following the law, they say, and the sirens are coming for someone else.

This hit so fucking hard today.

(Illustration/Texas Observer Staff)

Texas law enforcement is working with an AI-powered surveillance tool called #Tangles and an add-on software called #Webloc that enables warrantless smartphone tracking.

Learn more in this story by @francescadnunz.bsky.social for @texasobserver.org.
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they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

I have been thinking all day about the number of times unarmed Black people were killed by police on the pretext that their cell phone looked like a gun. And people would say “oh but you just don‘t know what the truth is.” Well here it is.

Memory is a fragile thing in this moment, so it is important to keep in mind that Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his caucus against ICE funding earlier this week.

I think it will be politically feasible to send many ICE agents to prison for the rest of their lives

“This is not who we are.”❌

“I’m going to speak up and take action to make sure this is not who/what we continue to be.”✅

“We’re acting like [insert region/country/oppressive group outside the U.S.]”❌

“The U.S. has a long history of oppression, discrimination, and harm that informs the present.”✅

I'm still patronizing Hannibal Lector's restaurant. Of course I am! If he loses all the money from his normal customers then he also loses the incentive to serve beef and chicken and salmon. I think it's better for normies to keep patronizing Lector's House of Chianti. Otherwise the cannibals win.

If you know anyone in your family or social sphere who has accepted a job with ICE, I hope you will let them know you no longer want anything do with them. Divorce them. Separate from them. Never invite them to any social functions. Let them know you won't be quiet about what they're doing.

Over 400,000 Transgender People Have Moved States Since Trump's Election The large migration builds on earlier movements of transgender people in response to anti-transgender legislation.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jan 8 ErinReed: A new Movement Advancement study which included 111 trans ppl found 9% had moved other states. If that number holds true for all 4.5m nationwide it would mean an astonishing 400k had fled home states for safer ones.

An email from Martin Peterson to university administrators.

Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).