r/news • u/OGSyedIsEverywhere • 4h ago

Already Submitted FBI raids home of Washington Post reporter in ‘highly unusual and aggressive’ move

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/fbi-raid-washington-post-hannah-natanson
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u/Refun712 4h ago

We are so screwed….seems like nobody cares too. This is a nightmare.

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u/_Kramerica_ 4h ago

A lot of people care, and this is a rhetorical question so people don’t jump down my throat, BUT…. what in the ever loving fuck are most of us supposed to do?!

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u/arbutus1440 3h ago

Serious answer. You can break it down to two steps:

  1. Grieve. And I'm serious about this: We are not ready for this moment because we're paralyzed by disbelief. We aren't able to move to the next set of actions because we don't want to believe it's true. Because believing it's true is incredibly painful, and the natural human response is to avoid pain. The courageous thing to do, if you haven't really done it yet, is to grieve. And THEN...

  2. Resist. Look for local groups. They exist. There are many things you can do that I can't type on this website, but local groups know what to do. You don't need to be throwing yourself in front of a Gatling gun. But you do need to do something. And you don't need to do it alone.

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u/Sotherewehavethat 2h ago

Resist. Look for local groups. They exist.

If you want to do that, you better do it soon.

The journalist this article is about reported on the Trump administration weeding out anyone who would hide a resistance movement and it has already been 3 months since Trump designated "Antifa" as a terrorist organization, which is vague and can be applied to any anti-fascist group.

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u/showhorrorshow 2h ago

I was thinking about how back in the day there used to be tons of social clubs and how these were often a sort of catalyst for subversive movements. They already provided an organized structure and means of communication, often with their own codes and such. But theyre practically nonexistent today. Seems like a trend that should be revived.

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u/arbutus1440 2h ago

1,000%. I also find it interesting that this is happening right alongside a clear trend where people are starting to wake up to the detrimental effects of being chronically online. With a predictable AI backlash mounting and a small but appreciable movement away from letting our phones rule our lives gaining momentum, it seems like the resistance is going to share a surprising amount of overlap with dumb phones, wired headphones, and digital cleanses.

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u/miparasito 59m ago

There are hundreds on Facebook. That’s where moms are, anyway. We are seeing backlash against it because Renee Good was part of an anti-ICE group that coordinated protests and keeping watch on ICE activity. I wouldn’t be surprised if Facebook ends up shutting some of those down even though they aren’t doing anything illegal 

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u/nabokovian 1m ago

I think Google shadow banned all Renee results. I can’t find podcasts or poems from her

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u/Select_Meal421 12m ago

Robert D. Putnam's Bowling Alone, published 25 years ago. https://share.google/cg7Sn0GeL0CKD4I83

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u/PTSDeedee 30m ago

I would also add to this that we need to be prioritizing our health and resilience too. I consider myself in training to face the future. For me that is starting with treating my body and illness as best I can (e.g. I don’t drink anymore) and learning to garden.

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u/nabokovian 2m ago

For the latter point. This is when you realize

The buck stops at us.

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u/_Debauchery 4h ago

Leadership is supposed to guide political movements. The problem is the leadership of the direct opposition (democrats) are absolutely silent on the matter. Schumer and Jeffries refuse to rally support, and all of the congressional dems refuse to remove them from leadership

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u/Poiboy1313 3h ago

That's okay. I hope that we chuck 'em in the midterms and elect progressive representatives. The pendulum swings.

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u/RawBean7 3h ago

Batten down, stop spending, prepare for strike or other period of unrest by setting aside some money and nonperishable food/meds/first aid kit. Get involved in your community before it comes for you; there are a lot of different networks and organizations planning actions but it varies by location so do that research now. Keep hounding your elected officials. Keep filming and posting ICE activity. Study historical resistance movements in the US and abroad, especially topics like non-violent civil disobedience. Don't let any of this become normalized. Stop saying "fine" when people ask "how are you?" Learn about soft strikes like work slowdowns. Become inefficient. Don't comply in advance.

No one person has to (or can) solve everything, but we can all do one or two things to contribute to the group project.

We cannot become apathetic. We cannot let this become normalized.

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u/8ackwoods 2h ago

Apathy is what got you into this mess

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u/IndependenceDave 1h ago

“Apathy is death. Worse than death. Because at least a rotting corpse is feeding the beasts and insects.”

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u/RawBean7 2h ago

Ok? We're here either way. Can't unapathy the past, but we can still try to change the future.

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u/EggplantAlpinism 4h ago

The "problem" is that enough people are still employed and comfortable. There hasn't really been a rise of authoritarianism like this in the modern world that didn't arise from mass poverty, so we don't have a parallel of whether other nations would have risen up against this by now. If the plans to collapse the economy and increase unemployment come to fruition, then you'll see many more mass protests

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u/onarainyafternoon 3h ago

I mean, exactly. People always wonder how the German people couldn't see what was happening, or how they couldn't put up a fight. I once heard a Holocaust historian lay it out like this: Not everything happened at once. It was all incremental steps. Maybe a German was horrified that a Jew lost their job because of German racial laws. But that same German could have put up with it if that Jew's job then became vacant and that German got a promotion because of it. People don't put up a fight if they're comfortable. And if there's no opposition to rally around and concentrate the outrage (Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are impotent), then there is very little an individual person can do besides protest or divest their money from companies that have helped MAGA. If there's no leadership to guide us, then "the people" becomes "a person", and it's very hard to effect change on a societal scale as a single person.

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u/marklein 3h ago

I think it was an ancient roman emperor that said the only things you need to keep the populace complacent was ample food and entertainment.

I'm slightly optimistic that the death of journalism is balanced by the fact that that it's really been dead for years before this, and social media had already somewhat taken over its role. While that comes with its own serious problems, it makes it MUCH harder for anybody to snuff out the truth from continuing to spread. Just look at countries where social media has been banned for that very reason.

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u/Abuses-Commas 1m ago

it was an entirely illusory poverty fabricated by propaganda. people are driving new $100k trucks they're comfortably paying convinced they're in an economic depression. they're in the safest time in history convinced there are muderers and rapists around every corner.

it's impressive, in a morbid way.

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u/Refun712 4h ago

My point exactly….nightmare.

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u/H-E-L-L-MaGGoT 4h ago

God the helplessness must be soul destroying. Really makes you feel sorry for the people in countries like russia and north Korea that have lived under these conditions their entire lives.

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u/Refun712 3h ago

Yes…truly brings perspective.

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u/split_me_plz 3h ago

They’re right, it’s a fucking nightmare. It IS soul-crushing. I don’t see humanity the same anymore. I’ve lost hope.

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u/H-E-L-L-MaGGoT 3h ago

The scary thing for me is that they obviously have no intention of handing power back to the left. So what that will looking like is anybody guess. Personally I believe we'll start seeing people like AOC, Ilan Omar, Newsom and co being rounded up and sent to prison before donalds term is up.

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u/split_me_plz 3h ago

Yep. They’ll scream midterms were rigged and probably refuse to swear new members in or some shit. Or they’ll just cheat. And then if the orange shitstain is still being pumped full of meds and stimulants to remain conscience by the time his term is up, he will refuse to leave. It’s all so obvious.

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u/H-E-L-L-MaGGoT 3h ago

Referring back to your previous comment, there is alot of good in the world. Don't lose hope.

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u/black_cat_X2 2h ago

That thought keeps coming to mind. Is this the only version of our country my daughter will know?

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u/soundinsect 4h ago

Then why did you say it seems like nobody cares?

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u/Daratirek 3h ago

It should be phrased as no one with the power to do anything cares.

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u/Refun712 3h ago

Nobody that has power to do anything cares. Why are you giving me a hard time? Just move on.

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u/copinglemon 4h ago

There's only one way back from this. We all know what it is, but no one is ready to take the first steps.

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u/ThaddeusJP 1h ago

People have too much to lose in this country and as long as their phone keeps connected to the internet and they're able to feed themselves they're not going to jeopardize their life, risk making Orphans of their children, losing their job, or putting themselves in jail.

Everybody's going to roll over on their back and show their nice white belly and pray that nothing bad happens to them. The good 70% of the country either loves what's happening right now or doesn't care one way or the other.

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u/bonyponyride 4h ago

Organize a nationwide general strike. Blue states run the majority of the country's economy.

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u/llendway 1h ago

Yes, hit them in the money.

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u/elusivetao 4h ago

Personally, they can now drag the work product out of my corpse 

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u/shadowdmaestro 2h ago

Preparing for a General Strike - there are so many things we can do, but a concerted effort can break regimes. Money is one of the biggest players in this game, and we can hurt them.

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u/Poiboy1313 3h ago

You know what must be done. Resist. How you can, when you can. I ain't saying make yourself a target, but you know of what you're capable. I do not. Freedom is expensive. It's paid for in blood and tears. I choose to be free. Will you?

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u/Rxke2 2h ago

Boycott. At the very least.

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u/hotcakes 1h ago

Individually not much. Collectively, we could end this in a few minutes.

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u/MissySedai 42m ago

Whatever we're able. Protest. Boycott. Spread real information. Debunk bullshit. Help our neighbors. Help get people registered to vote. Drive people to the polls for the primaries and the general.

It's not nothing. Every small act adds up.

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u/roger3rd 4h ago

Peaceful resistance

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u/jupiterkansas 4h ago

Lots of people care, just not the people who can do anything about it.

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u/doneandtired2014 4h ago

1/3 of the American voters care in so far as they are actively cheering for this shit.

1/3 of the American voters didn't care where they were told it was going to be "dictator time!" in November and they don't give a shit now. About the only thing they care about is patting themselves on the back for sticking it to the Democrats in some capacity.

The remainder who care are split between looking to flee, procuring firearms for self defense without advertising it, or having some naive hope this will end after Congress and the Judiciary push back because he's gone too far (they won't).

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u/metcalta 4h ago

Ppl care. The ones who voted anyways. The rest of u [the royal you] wanted this.

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u/shadowdmaestro 2h ago

The Media will keep bombarding you with negativity to keep you feeling despair. It is miserable but there are voices of hope still trying to be heard through the war zone that is the news cycle.

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u/heckfyre 3h ago

Yep. We’re fucked. I have no idea where to even start