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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · Sep 12

All of the fascist horrors playing out in front of us today have been enabled by the bipartisan consensus that has prioritized an expansion of the PIC & surveillance state at any & all costs in order to serve & protect the violence & cruelty of our systems of whiteness/capitalism.

Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · Sep 12

also: That people like Friedersdorf—and the entirety of the white punditry class—don't consider the exponential increase in the U.S. prison population during the 1980s & 1990s to be a form of political violence really says everything.
#DefundPolice #AbolishPrisons #DismantleWhiteness

A chart labeled "U.S. State and Federal Prison Population, 1925-2013" showing an increase from roughly 300,000 incarcerated people in 1980 to over 1,200,000 in 2000.
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics Prisoners Series via The Sentencing Project

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 55m

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SH😮CK-tor Benway @docbenway.bsky.social · 1h

Sliwa to Cuomo: You’re gonna stand up to Trump? You Andrew Cuomo? You lost your own primary and you’re still here because you don’t know the meaning of the word “no”

Mamdani: I agree with Curtis.

Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 1h

Refusal, not inability.
They know exactly what they're doing.

Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 1h

The inability of either Curtis Sliwa or Andrew Cuomo to pronounce Zohran Mamdani’s name correctly after all this time seems a little racist!

Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 1h

Millions of MAGAts across NYC's five boroughs, and the best they could produce in the GOP primary was Curtis "don't make me fake my own kidnapping again" Sliwa?? 🤡

Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · Oct 12

For anyone puzzled by Trump's upcoming events in "solidly blue" CA & NY:
His base is there too, bigly.
He's building up the momentum of white nationalist bloodlust as he prepares to do fascism everywhere.
(& if he loses, his silver lining is encouraging more police & vigilante MAGA violence)

@restructures on Twitter, Aug 2, 2019:
In 2016, more people voted for Trump in California (4,483,810) than in all 10 of these states combined: Kansas Utah Nebraska West Virginia Idaho Montana South Dakota North Dakota Wyoming Alaska
White supremacy is not just a "red state" problem. #DismantleWhiteness

Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 1h

#AbolishICE #AbolishPolice #DismantleWhiteness

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 3h

Alderwoman Julia Ramirez of the 12th Ward which spans part of the southwest side posted a video statement on social media. She says that her office can confirm there have been 30 detainments/kidnappings throughout the ward. She says that 15 people were taken at Swap-O-Rama in Back of the Yards.

Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 1h

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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 1h

“You lost your own primary. You were rejected by your own Democrats.” - Sliwa to Cuomo

Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 1h

this too:
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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 1h

Oh wow. The Native Nonfiction program coming to @criterionchannl.bsky.social in November looks amazing!

www.criterion.com/current/post...

The Criterion Channel’s November 2025 Lineup

This month, join us for a Thanksgiving feast of some of the movies’ most memorable family reunions, or delve into the dark alleyways of noir mysteries built around protagonists tormented by amnesia, m...

www.criterion.com

Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 1h

not sure about that...
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ACE FREHLEY: 'DONALD TRUMP Is The Strongest Leader That We've Got On The Table'

Ace Frehley says that Donald Trump is "the strongest leader that we've got." The former KISS guitarist gave his opinion of America's 45th president while discussing his rendition of the CREAM classic ...

blabbermouth.net

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · Jun 27

How the hell did I forget this? 😂🤣😂

(1992) "Curtis Sliwa said Tuesday that he faked his 1980 kidnaping and five other exploits to help the Guardian Angels survive its early years as a volunteer crime-fighting group."
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...

Founder of Guardian Angels Confesses to Hoaxes

Curtis Sliwa said Tuesday that he faked his 1980 kidnaping and five other exploits to help the Guardian Angels survive its early years as a volunteer crime-fighting group.

www.latimes.com

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 1h

BURY HIM 🤣

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 2h

The NYC mayoral debate starts with Mamdani promising to raise taxes "on Andrew Cuomo's donors."

Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 1h

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 1h

Many of the titles from this collection will be streaming on @criterionchannl.bsky.social in November!
www.criterion.com/current/post...

Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 1h

#CovidIsNotOver #CovidProtectionsNOW
#KeepMasking #FreeN95sForAll
#AbolishRacialCapitalism #DismantleWhiteness
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 13h

Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation

Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e

Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 2h

MAGA scum

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2h

BREAKING: Ace Frehley, Kiss' original lead guitarist and founding member, has died at 74.

Ace Frehley, Kiss' original lead guitarist and founding member, dies at 74

Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the glam rock band Kiss who captivated audiences with his elaborate makeup and smoke-filled guitar, has died.

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Megan Piontkowski illustration @meganpiont.bsky.social · 4d

I was commissioned to make a zine for the No Kings 2 protest on Saturday Oct 18th!

If you wonder “what can I do?” this zine is for you. It’s packed with things that you can do from wearing a “no ICE” pin to organizing a visibility brigade with your friends.

drive.google.com/file/d/1TJnH...

Hand holding a black and white illustrated zine of two people holding signs that say “we marched! Now what?”

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 4h

I was just getting my footing in journalism when news broke of a complaint against officials at this detention center in 2020, alleging a pattern of forced hysterectomies. At the time, I wrote for @teenvogue.com about how coerced sterilization is nothing new in the US.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 4h

ACAB includes Ring cameras. techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/a...

Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch

Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."

techcrunch.com

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 4h

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4h

Federal immigration agents have arrested a Hanover Park police officer who allegedly overstayed a tourism visa that expired in March 2015, according to the department.

ICE arrests suburban Chicago police officer for allegedly overstaying visa

According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Hanover Park police officer overstayed a tourism visa which expired in 2015.

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Jason Guthartz @restructures.bsky.social · 4h

"Paul Robeson’s anti-fascist activism sought full freedom for oppressed people around the world. Anti-fascism impugns white supremacy, then and now."
albavolunteer.org/2020/08/raci...
#antifa #DismantleWhiteness

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 6h

you have to call off the state police that is roughing up protesters if you are serious.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7h

Pritzker: Illinois is not a place you can conquer and our people are not your subjects

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Didi is a trans immigrant 🏳️‍⚧️ @didichanoch.bsky.social · 16h

Not letting aid in means the genocide is still ongoing.

UNRWA @unrwa.org · 16h

UNRWA has enough food outside #Gaza to supply people there for 3 months, amid desperate need. Our teams stand ready to deliver it.

But despite the #ceasefire, the Israeli Authorities’ block on UNRWA bringing any supplies into Gaza still continues.

Let us get aid into Gaza at the full scale needed.

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National Lawyers Guild @nlgnews.bsky.social · 5h

Become a member: nlg.org/join

Join/Renew - National Lawyers Guild

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National Lawyers Guild @nlgnews.bsky.social · 5h

Donate at: nlgchicago.org/donate/

Support the NLG!

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National Lawyers Guild @nlgnews.bsky.social · 5h

As right-wing, fake-news outlets attempt to paint our movements as an anomaly, enemies to be crushed, we need your help! Our Chicago chapter of the NLG has been at the forefront of documenting ICE and CBP abuses, and representing people who are arrested, and are asking for donations.

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 5h

🗓️Fri., Oct. 24 5-6:30 PM ET: Join @dreanyc123.bsky.social, @rayacheson.bsky.social & moderator @xarnesonx.bsky.social for a Zoom panel on "Making the Case for Abolition" as a visionary, necessary approach to dismantling systems of violence—at the #NoWar2025 conference: worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2025/

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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 5h

HAW!! 🧵

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 6h

lol.

LMAO, even.

Case 1:25-cr-00244-SLS
Document 69 Filed 10/16/25 Page 1 of 2
CO 109A - Rev. 3/2010
UNITED STATES DISTRICT AND BANKRUPTCY COURTS
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
VS.
Civil/Criminal No.:
25CR244-SLS
SYDNEY LORI REID
NOTE FROM JURY
Judge,
We have reached a verdiet.
Date: 10-16-2025
Time: Q1: 35 pm

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
:
:
:
Case No. 25-CR-244 (SLS)
....
VERDICT FORM
As to the charge of Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers, we, the jury in the
above-captioned case, unanimously find the defendant, Sydney Reid:
X
_Not Guilty

Guilty
Foreperson Signature
10-16-2025
Date

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