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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 3h

for @slate.com I wrote about Joe Arpaio's view on the SCOTUS shadow docket decision in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, the case in which Kavanaugh said it was okay to racially profile people.
“I was vindicated by the Supreme Court of all this shit.”
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He Was the Most Notorious Sheriff in America. He Says the Supreme Court Vindicated Him.

Thanks, SCOTUS.

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Murph @murphtracks.bsky.social · 15h

Went ahead and archived the thread of accounts suspended by Twitter after Elon took over: archive.is/jdlm5

This includes accounts suspended after pointing out Andy Ngo's association with pedophile Amos Yee.

Twitter post from Andy Ngo: I met with controversial singapore blogger Amos Yee who was just released from a 10 month detainment and has been granted political asylum in the US. Photo of Ngo with Yee

Mugshot of Yee with headline: Singaporean Amos Yee jailed in the US for grooming 14-year-old girl, possessing child porn

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🏊🏼‍♀️🚴🏽‍♀️🌻 @aumakuahonu.bsky.social · 29d

and this .. oc in 2022.. with no follow up by media/punditry /leadership into the complicity of Rasheem Carter's lynching involving an openly neoconfed / klan sympathetic sheriff's dept

www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...

Who killed Rasheem Carter?

A shattered skeleton. Gruesome rumors. A brutal history of lynchings. And tight-lipped cops who quickly said "no foul play."

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🏊🏼‍♀️🚴🏽‍♀️🌻 @aumakuahonu.bsky.social · 29d

just linking a few articles .. just bc.. this has been an ongoing horror targeting countless Black Ams in MS (recently .. as in the literal and brutal lynching of Rasheem Carter in Taylorsville MS et al ) w/ MSM punditry not giving it much attention ...

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/...

‘Lynchings in Mississippi never stopped’

Police ruled the deaths suicides; the families say their loved ones were lynched.

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Michael Barajas @michaelbarajas.bsky.social · 2h

Anthony Boyd was sent to death row for murder with no physical evidence but rather on the word of a codefendant who testified against him to avoid execution. Boyd’s court-appointed lawyer admitted he was unprepared at trial

important new story by @laurengill.bsky.social boltsmag.org/anthony-boyd...

He Was Convicted Entirely On Clashing Eyewitness Testimony. Alabama Plans to Execute Him Next Week. - Bolts

No physical evidence connected Anthony Boyd to a 1993 murder. He was sent to death row on the word of a co-defendant who testified under the threat of capital punishment.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 2h

NEW: Alabama is executing a man next week, Anthony Boyd, who was convicted entirely based on contradictory eyewitness testimony, including from a co-defendant who says he was pressured to testify under the threat he'd get death himself.

@laurengill.bsky.social breaks down the case with days to go:

He Was Convicted Entirely On Clashing Eyewitness Testimony. Alabama Plans to Execute Him Next Week. - Bolts

No physical evidence connected Anthony Boyd to a 1993 murder. He was sent to death row on the word of a co-defendant who testified under the threat of capital punishment.

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 2d

For Du Bois, the anti-immigrant violence of the Jim Crow state—which would *accelerate* under the Second Klan & its regime of white nationalist immigration policies—represented an existential threat against targeted groups & the prospect of democracy itself.

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 8d

We really need to be thinking abt the current regime through the lens of the Second Klan, which helped to nationalize systems of Jim Crow state & vigilante violence & exploitation while creating an explicitly white nationalist immigration system. They even paraded down Pennsylvania Ave.

A 1926 klan parade marching down Pennsylvania Ave. The front of the column holds banners that read Connecticut & Rhode Island. Original available via the Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001706338/

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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 1d

we never give up

in Finland 2023, the Nazi organization ‘Nordic Resistance Movement’ marched with 1,500 counter-protestors occupying the square, delaying the march. in 2024, “despite the backing from parliament, fascist numbers were again decreasing“.

Freedom Press @freedompress.bsky.social · 7d

Since the election, anarchists and radical left organisations formed coalitions around common struggles. In 2025 anarchists have made attempts to resume the anti-government protests however, but have failed to reach beyond anarchist and radical left circles.
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/10/08/f...

Finland: Struggles against the right-wing government - Freedom News

Two years of anti-government protests raise questions about organising around collective struggles ~ Antti Rautiainen ~ The current government of F…

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🏊🏼‍♀️🚴🏽‍♀️🌻 @aumakuahonu.bsky.social · Aug 12

too many predictable comments deflecting from the pov of this post. yes there are fascist flags among those who genuinely did not welcome them into Maidan(unlike western libs/left who happily appease nazis/fascists)~but moving on~ the pt is~stateside we nd a strategy beyond protesting or "just vote"

Bad Immigrant @bad-immigrant.bsky.social · Jul 4

US Americans this days have a lot to learn from ukrainian Maidan. You can not stop fascism with peaceful protest. #US #Antifascism #Ukraine #Protest

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Solidarity Collectives Ukraine @solcolua.bsky.social · Apr 16

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Free Denys Matsola and Vladyslav Iskra Zhuravlov - Solidarity Collectives

Three years ago, Denys Matsola and Vladyslav Zhuravlov were captured. Their family, friends and colleagues kept it under the radar until recently, fearing for the guys’ wellbeing and in the hope of a ...

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Vladyslav Starodubtsev @vlstarodubtsev.bsky.social · Apr 8

Ukrainian Republicanism. My essay on how forgotten tradition of Shevchenko and Kostomarov could provide insights and modern alternative to neoliberal-oligarchic system

open.substack.com/pub/vladysla...

Ukrainian Republicanism

Ukrainian Republicanism is a wide tradition founded upon the legacy of Taras Shevchenko and Mykola Kostomarov.

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Bad Immigrant @bad-immigrant.bsky.social · 2d

As part of decolonization program ukrainian authorities have added... Bakunin to the list of symbols of russian imperial policies. This attack on anarchist thought is a result of continuation of growth of both conservative and liberal politics in #Ukraine in the past. #Anarchism

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Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · Sep 6

The Merchant of Death, billionaire Palmer Luckey, rebranded the DOD the Department of War.

Peter Thiel/Palantir gave his company, Andruil, a billion dollars in January.

This is Palmer “I love killer robots” Luckey.

Origin story on rename below, as well as him hanging out with the worst people.

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 1d

NEW💥: In breach of parliamentary rules: Reform UK’s Richard Tice...

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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 1d

from ABC Moscow

Elena, political prisoner Ilya Aleksandrovich Shakursky’s mother says after 5yrs of her son’s detention, he's in Ruzayevka now & asks for support of Ilya with your letters (using your preferred translator app into Russian) action items below post…

Фигуранта «дела Сети» Илью Шакурского этапировали в транзитное СИЗО-2 в Рузаевке

Елена, мама Ильи, делится своими мыслями и чувствами: «Идёт этап... Опять этап, осенью 2020 года был этап из Пензы в неизвестном направлении, для меня это было очень тяжело, и это был первый опыт для ...

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Michael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 15h

This is what you do when you fundamentally believe you are not dealing with fellow human beings. Just inconvenient cargo to be neutralized and jettisoned.

ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 1h

in 2022, Lev Skoryakin was arrested but later released pending trial. he fled to Kyrgyzstan but was kidnapped & brought back to Russia after which he managed to escape to Germany.

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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 1h

“Lev is actively involved in Fires of Freedom, a support group for anarchist, antifascist, and anti-authoritarian prisoners, founded this year after the Anarchist Black Cross was banned in Russia.”

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Bologna October 18: From Prison to Exile: Freedom, Solidarity, and Resistance. Meeting with Lev Skoryakin.

Saturday, October 18 — 7:30 PM Via San Donato 158/70, Bologna Lev Skoryakin is an anarchist comrade, a former activist of the Left Bloc, a now disbanded network that brought together anarchists and Ma...

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Bad Immigrant @bad-immigrant.bsky.social · 1h

This myth about Odessa is also maintained by the leftist collective "LeftVision" that still has a documentary made mostly of interviews with pro-russian forces in the city who are presented as antifascists while local Maidan is sold as a fascist mob.

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Solidarity Collectives Ukraine @solcolua.bsky.social · 1h

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Fundraising for 50 kamikaze drones - Solidarity Collectives

It’s simple — we need $11,000 to buy 50 sets of components for kamikaze drones, which we will assemble in our workshop.

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Tereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social · 6h

An important read on who’s behind Visegrád24 and why it shouldn’t be treated or amplified as a legit news source

Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 20h

⚡️🔎 Visegrád24 built its fame on anti-Muslim rants, anti-migration posts, and disinformation waves. A new report unmasks the people, money & political forces behind this Central Europe-based—but globally connected—propaganda machine. @vsquare.bsky.social

Unmasking Visegrád24: Tracing the People, Money, and Political Connections - VSquare.org

Visegrád24 became famous for its anti-Muslim and anti-migration stance as well as waves of disinformation. A recent report by the Centre for Information Integrity in Africa (CINIA) brings to light a previously little-mentioned person tied to the network.

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 1h

“This bike lane is in danger, not a danger.”

New campaign signs from Projet Montréal highlighting the opposition Ensemble Montréal’s promise to “audit” the bike network and consider removing some routes.

Clearly concerned more about space for cars than actual safety.

“This bike lane is in danger, not a danger.”

“Vote Projet Montréal to save it.”

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🏊🏼‍♀️🚴🏽‍♀️🌻 @aumakuahonu.bsky.social · 1h

are all institutions domestic and internationally ...
corrupted, bought out.. and functionally impotent?

🏊🏼‍♀️🚴🏽‍♀️🌻 @aumakuahonu.bsky.social · 1h

Rutte is useless... NATO doing absolutely 0 at this pt is complicit... cowering.. appeasing.

Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 5h

Rutte: "Why would you shoot down a plane which is not posing a direct threat? That would be silly."

Silly is refusing to defend your own airspace and choosing appeasement time and time again, despite its consistent failure.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 15h

First Henry Kissinger and now this.

This prize is legendary.

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 15h

Nobel Peace Prize recipient María Corina Machado appeared on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast.

She touted the oil reserves in Venezuela (the largest in the world) and vowed to privatize the oil industry to enable American corporations to exploit and profit from the country’s resources if she gains power.

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