Vaquera Elisa
@boxelderdust.bsky.social
Daughter of the American West. For Union and for Liberty. No Kings But Christ.
Pinned
You WILL pay your fair share of taxes
You WILL take a govt job through a 3rd New Deal program
You WILL attend a mainline lib church
You WILL respect trans people's pronouns
You WILL turn off the podcasters, Twitch streamers, and op-ed columnists
You WILL be imbued with republican civic virtue
You WILL take a govt job through a 3rd New Deal program
You WILL attend a mainline lib church
You WILL respect trans people's pronouns
You WILL turn off the podcasters, Twitch streamers, and op-ed columnists
You WILL be imbued with republican civic virtue
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They’ve been through the whole process. They’ve been approved. They show up to swear allegiance and become citizens, but ICE pulls them out of line.
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:22 AM
They’ve been through the whole process. They’ve been approved. They show up to swear allegiance and become citizens, but ICE pulls them out of line.
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The Constitutional language ratified to say "fuck you, specifically" to the Dred Scott ruling...
Explicitly nullifying a Civil War amendment is an implicit attempt to restart the Civil War.
Explicitly nullifying a Civil War amendment is an implicit attempt to restart the Civil War.
December 7, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The Constitutional language ratified to say "fuck you, specifically" to the Dred Scott ruling...
Explicitly nullifying a Civil War amendment is an implicit attempt to restart the Civil War.
Explicitly nullifying a Civil War amendment is an implicit attempt to restart the Civil War.
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If the Court arbitrarily strikes down this key part of the fourteenth amendment, I think Americans lose any moral obligation to show any allegiance to the laws enforced by a fundamentally lawless regime
Birthright citizenship is probably not integral to liberal democracy, but it is integral to *American* liberal democracy. Our vision of what we are as a country, as a nation beyond an ethnicity, requires it.
December 7, 2025 at 6:16 AM
If the Court arbitrarily strikes down this key part of the fourteenth amendment, I think Americans lose any moral obligation to show any allegiance to the laws enforced by a fundamentally lawless regime
If the court decides to rule against birthright citizenship there is exactly one proper response and it is one that I am not allowed to describe
Suffice to say it’s in the vein of an old East German joke about telephone handsets
Suffice to say it’s in the vein of an old East German joke about telephone handsets
The only legitimate judicial response to challenges to birthright citizenship is “what, are you kidding, it’s in the Constitution.”
Though that also was the only possible legitimate response to claims that the president is above the law and cannot face punishment for crimes he definitely committed.
Though that also was the only possible legitimate response to claims that the president is above the law and cannot face punishment for crimes he definitely committed.
December 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If the court decides to rule against birthright citizenship there is exactly one proper response and it is one that I am not allowed to describe
Suffice to say it’s in the vein of an old East German joke about telephone handsets
Suffice to say it’s in the vein of an old East German joke about telephone handsets
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This is no accident, which is why guys like Miller make a point of referring to “descendants” of illegal immigrants, not just children. The idea is that everyone’s citizenship is provisional until the minute your local ICE agent decides otherwise.
No "birthright citizenship" means nobody can prove they are a citizen. If you have any immigrant ancestor and you cannot prove lawful status at that time, even if it was 1830, you citizenship is in doubt.
Take this as far back as you like. The maximal consequence is that everyone must show a chain of citizenship or lawful permanent residency at time of birth for every ancestor to the point of immigration.
December 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
This is no accident, which is why guys like Miller make a point of referring to “descendants” of illegal immigrants, not just children. The idea is that everyone’s citizenship is provisional until the minute your local ICE agent decides otherwise.
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No "birthright citizenship" means nobody can prove they are a citizen. If you have any immigrant ancestor and you cannot prove lawful status at that time, even if it was 1830, you citizenship is in doubt.
Take this as far back as you like. The maximal consequence is that everyone must show a chain of citizenship or lawful permanent residency at time of birth for every ancestor to the point of immigration.
December 7, 2025 at 3:40 AM
No "birthright citizenship" means nobody can prove they are a citizen. If you have any immigrant ancestor and you cannot prove lawful status at that time, even if it was 1830, you citizenship is in doubt.
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23 people have died in ICE custody.
A Chinese immigrant named Chaofeng Ge was found hanging with his arms & legs tied behind his back.
Randall Esquivel was deported in a vegetative state & died soon after.
People are being tortured, neglected & disabled.
Abolish ICE & close the camps.
A Chinese immigrant named Chaofeng Ge was found hanging with his arms & legs tied behind his back.
Randall Esquivel was deported in a vegetative state & died soon after.
People are being tortured, neglected & disabled.
Abolish ICE & close the camps.
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
23 people have died in ICE custody.
A Chinese immigrant named Chaofeng Ge was found hanging with his arms & legs tied behind his back.
Randall Esquivel was deported in a vegetative state & died soon after.
People are being tortured, neglected & disabled.
Abolish ICE & close the camps.
A Chinese immigrant named Chaofeng Ge was found hanging with his arms & legs tied behind his back.
Randall Esquivel was deported in a vegetative state & died soon after.
People are being tortured, neglected & disabled.
Abolish ICE & close the camps.
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A reminder that "we just want immigrants to come here the *right* way!" was always a lie
December 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
A reminder that "we just want immigrants to come here the *right* way!" was always a lie
When these people refer to “the Constitution” or “the Bible”, they are making reference to another text than the Constitution or Bible that actually exist, rather to some other image of a sheaf of rustling brown paper with vague black squiggles on it that exists only in their minds
Birthright citizenship is embedded directly in the Constitution, written so plainly that even children understand it. The only real confusion here is coming from the person making the claim below.
December 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
When these people refer to “the Constitution” or “the Bible”, they are making reference to another text than the Constitution or Bible that actually exist, rather to some other image of a sheaf of rustling brown paper with vague black squiggles on it that exists only in their minds
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Birthright citizenship is embedded directly in the Constitution, written so plainly that even children understand it. The only real confusion here is coming from the person making the claim below.
December 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Birthright citizenship is embedded directly in the Constitution, written so plainly that even children understand it. The only real confusion here is coming from the person making the claim below.
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The people pushing for the elimination of birthright citizenship are currently committing atrocities against immigrants within our country's borders and murdering fishermen overseas. This cannot be ethically discussed as an abstract legal question. There is no law here, only a fascist will to power.
December 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The people pushing for the elimination of birthright citizenship are currently committing atrocities against immigrants within our country's borders and murdering fishermen overseas. This cannot be ethically discussed as an abstract legal question. There is no law here, only a fascist will to power.
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Please note that any "centrist" pundit who blithely discusses the "merits" of arguments for eliminating birthright citizenship is either a fascist enabling fascism or a clueless clown enabling fascism.
December 7, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Please note that any "centrist" pundit who blithely discusses the "merits" of arguments for eliminating birthright citizenship is either a fascist enabling fascism or a clueless clown enabling fascism.
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without birthright citizenship in the united states, you don't have a democracy and you don't have rule of law.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
without birthright citizenship in the united states, you don't have a democracy and you don't have rule of law.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
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>More Culturally normal
Ah he thinks we're stupid like that isn't a dog whistle in plain sight
Ah he thinks we're stupid like that isn't a dog whistle in plain sight
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
>More Culturally normal
Ah he thinks we're stupid like that isn't a dog whistle in plain sight
Ah he thinks we're stupid like that isn't a dog whistle in plain sight
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ICE is literally being used by a fascist criminal regime as their personal army to assault, abduct, kidnap, imprison and terrorize people of color and their perceived enemies. They aren’t a lawful agency, they’re a criminal Gestapo.
December 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
ICE is literally being used by a fascist criminal regime as their personal army to assault, abduct, kidnap, imprison and terrorize people of color and their perceived enemies. They aren’t a lawful agency, they’re a criminal Gestapo.
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you can't get hired by ICE unless you have at least one DUI on record
December 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
you can't get hired by ICE unless you have at least one DUI on record
Being “less judgmental” for the last FIFTY YEARS is why we’re here and this goddamned American Starmer wants us to keep trying at it to see if it somehow goes differently when he tries
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Being “less judgmental” for the last FIFTY YEARS is why we’re here and this goddamned American Starmer wants us to keep trying at it to see if it somehow goes differently when he tries
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Ezra Klein even like "well we can agree 'birth tourism' is a problem," and no, I cannot. My group texts are about sports and kids.
still poleaxed by the idea that you could oppose birthright citizenship and still think of yourself as a liberal in any sense of the term.
December 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Ezra Klein even like "well we can agree 'birth tourism' is a problem," and no, I cannot. My group texts are about sports and kids.
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Birthright citizenship is like one of the only unequivocally modern elements of the American constitutional order and should be protected at, literally, all costs.
December 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Birthright citizenship is like one of the only unequivocally modern elements of the American constitutional order and should be protected at, literally, all costs.
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bradley is a disgrace to his uniform, and while he might not care about my opinion as a civilian who never served, i care, and his oath was sworn to me as a citizen of the united states
December 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
bradley is a disgrace to his uniform, and while he might not care about my opinion as a civilian who never served, i care, and his oath was sworn to me as a citizen of the united states
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there's a very real rhetorical double standard where a random twitter comment from a leftist impacts democratic branding, but actual books sold for money detailing the fantasy of murdering liberals has 0 impact, despite being, quite, mainstream GOP
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
there's a very real rhetorical double standard where a random twitter comment from a leftist impacts democratic branding, but actual books sold for money detailing the fantasy of murdering liberals has 0 impact, despite being, quite, mainstream GOP
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Actual rank-and-file MAGA voters know perfectly well that Trump loves brutal military violence and they like it that way. Trump the Peace Man is a fiction created by people on the nominal left whose only real commitment is "fascism > liberalism" bsky.app/profile/prof...
Nearly all of these people revealed themselves to be monsters.
6 Republican Voters on U.S. Strikes on Boats Suspected of Smuggling Drugs
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Actual rank-and-file MAGA voters know perfectly well that Trump loves brutal military violence and they like it that way. Trump the Peace Man is a fiction created by people on the nominal left whose only real commitment is "fascism > liberalism" bsky.app/profile/prof...
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I wrote about the Olivia Nuzzi saga and how it reflects the voyeurism and indignity that drives so much of our media—social and otherwise.
This is an essay about elite excess, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and the crisis of our democracy.
www.liberalcurrents.com/american-fre...
This is an essay about elite excess, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and the crisis of our democracy.
www.liberalcurrents.com/american-fre...
American Freakshow: Our Reality TV-Driven Media Is Killing Our Democracy
The lurid details of Olivia Nuzzi's transgressions and the popularity of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives derive from the same culture of voyeurism.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I wrote about the Olivia Nuzzi saga and how it reflects the voyeurism and indignity that drives so much of our media—social and otherwise.
This is an essay about elite excess, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and the crisis of our democracy.
www.liberalcurrents.com/american-fre...
This is an essay about elite excess, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and the crisis of our democracy.
www.liberalcurrents.com/american-fre...
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Which is more likely to be effective:
-pfc smith trying to pop a headshot on a guy in a concealed position at 500yd
-JTAC officer saying “Spooky 3-2, fire for effect”
-pfc smith trying to pop a headshot on a guy in a concealed position at 500yd
-JTAC officer saying “Spooky 3-2, fire for effect”
the actual milheads in the audience can correct me if i'm wrong, but it really does feel like the M7 project is a result of terminal GWOT brain. like ian says, if some guy opens up on you from 800m, the answer isn't the M7, the answer is combined arms
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqlK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqlK...
Why the M7 and 6.8x51mm are Bad Ideas: Welcome to my TED Talk
YouTube video by Forgotten Weapons
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Which is more likely to be effective:
-pfc smith trying to pop a headshot on a guy in a concealed position at 500yd
-JTAC officer saying “Spooky 3-2, fire for effect”
-pfc smith trying to pop a headshot on a guy in a concealed position at 500yd
-JTAC officer saying “Spooky 3-2, fire for effect”