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I write speculative fiction. Works appearing in Fusion Fragment, Podcastle, F&SF, and more. albertchuwrites.com

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Oh my fucking God this guy really said, in the year 2026, that we are going to "UNLEASH CHANG" against Iran.

Can someone please help the American conservative movement remember what irony means? THE DUDE LOST THE WAR

www.state.gov/releases/off...

04.03.2026 19:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Insert worked on this story and they just tweeted it out etc

02.03.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 122 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't care if Congress authorizes War on Iran. NO WAR ON IRAN. I want people to fucking reclaim their morality.

02.03.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 2756 πŸ” 693 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 0

When my country drops a bomb on 100 schoolchildren or a hospital or a random apartment building, that's a tragedy and also it didn't happen and also if it did they were Hamas/IRGC/Houthis/Hezbollah/Hitler.

When THEY do that to ME, however

02.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 420 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

he straight up says literally in the prior sentence that "bombs will be dropping everywhere"

yeah please take over your government after i turn all of your civilian infrastructure into ash. fuck off you hitlerite.

28.02.2026 07:51 πŸ‘ 1310 πŸ” 284 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1

It’s giving middle passage

20.02.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 2560 πŸ” 785 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 22
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800 Google employees demand an end to any cloud contracts with ICE and CBP The petition also called for executives to protect vulnerable Google employees, "from cafeteria workers to data center employees."

According to an organizer, β€œall signatories are full-time employees, and nearly 30% are Google Cloud workers.”

06.02.2026 17:28 πŸ‘ 747 πŸ” 207 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 12

I wrote about my time in Minneapolis last week, about what is involved in creating bottom-up, decentralized networks of care.

margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/our-neighb...

26.01.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 810 πŸ” 305 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 42
Alt National Park Service: ICE agent identified that murdered Alex Pretti.

Alt National Park Service: ICE agent identified that murdered Alex Pretti.

Alt National Park Service: We will not share it here, but the truth always comes out.

Alt National Park Service: We will not share it here, but the truth always comes out.

Completely insane. AltNPS claimed to know the name of Alex Pretti's killer, refused to say it because "the truth always comes out," and then just deleted the post.

A man was executed on the street in my hometown, and AltNPS is using that as an excuse to vaguepost for attention.

24.01.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 1563 πŸ” 356 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 86

NEW: Another declaration you have to read! Alex Pretti was shot near the apartment of a doctor, who saw the shooting occur and rushed to provide emergency aid as he lay dying on the street.

They describe what they saw: "The victim had at least three bullet holes in his back."

25.01.2026 02:05 πŸ‘ 1467 πŸ” 646 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 49
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

β€œWe are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the β€˜hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. 

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti β€œWe are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the β€˜hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

25.01.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 24930 πŸ” 12859 πŸ’¬ 200 πŸ“Œ 448

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

24.01.2026 23:04 πŸ‘ 8183 πŸ” 3617 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 172

I know the immediate future gonna be pretty crazy because I see more and more people reposting the Steven Universe comic.

24.01.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 2823 πŸ” 432 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 6
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Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

Strength to & solidarity with everyone participating in the general strike today. My thoughts are with everyone fighting on behalf of their neighbours, in Minnesota & everywhere.

www.standwithminnesota.com

23.01.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 181 πŸ” 111 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sitting down to write and opening up my favorite word processor. I crack my fingers. It's time to unleash Chang.

20.01.2026 05:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Some stories report that this sword belonged to Chiang Kai-Shek and there's no way that's right, it's a fucking prop sword with UNLEASH CHIANG written on it in ENGLISH

15.01.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The spector of US-backed dictators (with complicated, rocky relationships with their American patrons) of the past haunts a present where we are trying to install even more dictators around the world, but in a way fucking stupider way than I could've ever imagined

15.01.2026 20:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
I can't think back on a time when Ive ever been prouder to be a Republican, Marco,' Bush said before recounting the tale of "Chang."

"Chang is a mystical warrior. Chang is somebody who believes in conservative principles, believes in entrepreneurial capitalism, believes in moral values
that underpin a free society. I rely on Chang with great regularity in my public life. He has been by my side, and sometimes I let him down. But Chang, this
mystical warrior, has never let me down."

Then Bush presented Rubio a golden sword, and solemnly explained its significance. "I'm going to bestow to vou the sword of a great conservative warrior."

Only ... a closer look at the sword and its display stand Rubio kept in his Florida Speaker's suite showed that the inscription read "C-H-I-A-N-G," not, "C-H-A-N-G." Specifically: "Unleash Chiang."

I can't think back on a time when Ive ever been prouder to be a Republican, Marco,' Bush said before recounting the tale of "Chang." "Chang is a mystical warrior. Chang is somebody who believes in conservative principles, believes in entrepreneurial capitalism, believes in moral values that underpin a free society. I rely on Chang with great regularity in my public life. He has been by my side, and sometimes I let him down. But Chang, this mystical warrior, has never let me down." Then Bush presented Rubio a golden sword, and solemnly explained its significance. "I'm going to bestow to vou the sword of a great conservative warrior." Only ... a closer look at the sword and its display stand Rubio kept in his Florida Speaker's suite showed that the inscription read "C-H-I-A-N-G," not, "C-H-A-N-G." Specifically: "Unleash Chiang."

"Unleash Chiang," as in the rallying cry of John Birchers in the 1950s, who urged the United States to arm Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese Nationalist leader of Taiwan, so he could retake Red China from
Mao. "Unleash Chiang,' which later morphed into sports trash talk in the Bush family, like when George H.W. would warn from the baseline that he was about to "unleash Chiang" with his next serve,

Some journalists covering Rubio's ceremony didn't recognize the allusion and wrote it up straight. It's unclear even in a 2012 interview whether Rubio himself understood the story's origins.

And so it was that the Sword of Chiang became allegory taken a little too literally-which is to say: not terribly different from the broader Bush-as-Rubio's-mentor meme itself

"Unleash Chiang," as in the rallying cry of John Birchers in the 1950s, who urged the United States to arm Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese Nationalist leader of Taiwan, so he could retake Red China from Mao. "Unleash Chiang,' which later morphed into sports trash talk in the Bush family, like when George H.W. would warn from the baseline that he was about to "unleash Chiang" with his next serve, Some journalists covering Rubio's ceremony didn't recognize the allusion and wrote it up straight. It's unclear even in a 2012 interview whether Rubio himself understood the story's origins. And so it was that the Sword of Chiang became allegory taken a little too literally-which is to say: not terribly different from the broader Bush-as-Rubio's-mentor meme itself

After you became the first Cuban-American speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, in 2006, your mentor,
Jeb Bush, presented you with a sword. What was that about?

Chang is a mythical conservative warrior. From time to time, if there's a big issue going on, youd see Jeb say, "I'm going to unleash Chang." He gave me the sword of Chang.


From which mythology does this conservative warrior hail?

I think it's a Jeb Bush creation.

After you became the first Cuban-American speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, in 2006, your mentor, Jeb Bush, presented you with a sword. What was that about? Chang is a mythical conservative warrior. From time to time, if there's a big issue going on, youd see Jeb say, "I'm going to unleash Chang." He gave me the sword of Chang. From which mythology does this conservative warrior hail? I think it's a Jeb Bush creation.

Today I learned that neocon devil Marco Rubio, of current "let's regime change Venezuela" and "let's bomb Iran" fame, has deeply confused Chiang Kai-Shek, a very real person, with CHANG, a mystical warrior of the Bush family's invention, and everything is so stupid I want to cry

15.01.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
Woman Killed by Ice Agent Seemed At Fault, NY republican says

Woman Killed by Ice Agent Seemed At Fault, NY republican says

Newspaper Headline Writer Seems Like a Callous Boot Licker, Evan Says

15.01.2026 12:14 πŸ‘ 498 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

For people outside of the Twin Cities, the closest thing I can compare it to is 2020.

Every institution you need for daily life is unsafe. There are a lot of people who need to shelter in place to protect themselves. But instead of a virus, the threat is the government.

14.01.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 281 πŸ” 102 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Update β€” Here is what the new apparent CBS News segment "Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil" may look like:

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If you are not a fascist or fascist-adjacent, you will be completely confused that they thought leaking the video would be exculpatory.

09.01.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 484 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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What happened to Silverio Villegas GonzΓ‘lez Immigration agents shot and killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago on Fridayβ€”and their initial narrative of events was quickly disproven by videos captured by witnesses.

As news breaks in Minneapolis, we’re uplifting this story by our friends @unraveledpress.com during the Chicago surge.

Agents shot and killed an unarmed 38-year-old father in Sept β€”and their initial narrative of events was quickly disproven by witness videos.

unraveledpress.com/what-happene...

07.01.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 889 πŸ” 527 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 19

It's not that they aren't trained. It's that they're evil.

07.01.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 305 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1
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7 of the Biggest Lies So Far From Trump’s Homeland Security Mouthpiece Tricia McLaughlin’s job is to defend Trump’s violent, masked immigration agents kidnapping people off the streets. That means a lot of lying.

As you may have gathered from the footage, DHS and ICE are lying to your face about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis.

We've been keeping track of some of the other lies @zeteo.com

Take a look:

07.01.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 199 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1

Hell yeah girl! Thanks for firing me!

05.01.2026 16:10 πŸ‘ 1508 πŸ” 264 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 1

Nah fuck this. This shell fucking works and I'm sticking to it.

05.01.2026 00:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe even too much flavor for the general audience crowd

04.01.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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12+ hours later we finally get an estimate of how many Venezuelans were killed

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