Jason Guthartz
@restructures.bsky.social
#DismantleWhiteness
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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
#DefundPolice #AbolishPrisons #DismantleWhiteness
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.
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NEW: Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, a 36-year-old LA protester, spent six months in jail accused of assaulting a federal officer with a *cloth hat.*
A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”
A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”
Case dismissed against LA protester accused of assaulting federal officer with cloth hat
Judge says US government acted in ‘bad faith’ in case of Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, 36, who spent six months in jail
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:40 AM
NEW: Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, a 36-year-old LA protester, spent six months in jail accused of assaulting a federal officer with a *cloth hat.*
A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”
A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”
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it seems a lot of people don't know this?
There is no constitutional right to vote!
"The fundamental individual right to vote is not in the Constitution."
www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/o...
#VotingRightsForAllNoExceptions
#AbolishWhiteSupremacistOligarchy #DismantleWhiteness
"The fundamental individual right to vote is not in the Constitution."
www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/o...
#VotingRightsForAllNoExceptions
#AbolishWhiteSupremacistOligarchy #DismantleWhiteness
February 10, 2026 at 5:53 PM
it seems a lot of people don't know this?
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The ICE terror spree is a carceral crisis & a policing crisis.
And policing cannot be reformed to do anything but its purpose: To enact state-sponsored (political) violence in service of whiteness/capitalism.
#AbolishICE #AbolishBorderPatrol
#DefundPolice #DismantleWhiteness
bsky.app/profile/giff...
And policing cannot be reformed to do anything but its purpose: To enact state-sponsored (political) violence in service of whiteness/capitalism.
#AbolishICE #AbolishBorderPatrol
#DefundPolice #DismantleWhiteness
bsky.app/profile/giff...
Miami police shot and killed a woman experiencing a mental health crisis this weekend after her 12-year-old daughter called for help.
No mental health crisis should turn deadly by those called to help. Our hearts are with the family as they await answers.
No mental health crisis should turn deadly by those called to help. Our hearts are with the family as they await answers.
Family demands answers after South Florida mom fatally shot by Miami-Dade Sheriff's deputy: "This is insane"
Relatives are questioning the use of deadly force after deputies responded to a mental health crisis call, as state officials launch an investigation.
www.cbsnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:49 AM
The ICE terror spree is a carceral crisis & a policing crisis.
And policing cannot be reformed to do anything but its purpose: To enact state-sponsored (political) violence in service of whiteness/capitalism.
#AbolishICE #AbolishBorderPatrol
#DefundPolice #DismantleWhiteness
bsky.app/profile/giff...
And policing cannot be reformed to do anything but its purpose: To enact state-sponsored (political) violence in service of whiteness/capitalism.
#AbolishICE #AbolishBorderPatrol
#DefundPolice #DismantleWhiteness
bsky.app/profile/giff...
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More than 3 years after Dominga Flores Gomez, who had 5 kids & 8 grandkids, was killed, the pursuit is still under investigation by CPD’s Bureau of Internal Affairs, according to a department spokesperson.
A federal court order requires those complaints to be resolved in 6 months. @wttw.bsky.social
A federal court order requires those complaints to be resolved in 6 months. @wttw.bsky.social
City Lawyers Recommend Paying $8.3M to Family of Woman Struck, Killed by Driver Being Chased by Police
Since January 2025, Chicago taxpayers spent at least $103.1 million to resolve 14 lawsuits brought by people who were injured or on behalf of those killed during police pursuits, according to an analy...
news.wttw.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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NEW: U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria Valdez has granted the feds' motion to dismiss in the Operation Midway Blitz case against Erik Meier.
He's the 16th of 32 known Midway Blitz defendants cleared.
No known convictions.
He's the 16th of 32 known Midway Blitz defendants cleared.
No known convictions.
February 10, 2026 at 10:21 PM
NEW: U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria Valdez has granted the feds' motion to dismiss in the Operation Midway Blitz case against Erik Meier.
He's the 16th of 32 known Midway Blitz defendants cleared.
No known convictions.
He's the 16th of 32 known Midway Blitz defendants cleared.
No known convictions.
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These are concentration camps. kfoxtv.com/news/local/i...
Irish man detained by ICE says he fears for his life at Camp East Montana
An Irish man who has been detained by U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) and trasfIn a statement to KFOX14/CBS4, DHS saidRECOMMENDED:
kfoxtv.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:48 PM
These are concentration camps. kfoxtv.com/news/local/i...
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We now have confirmation that the Social Circle warehouse cost ICE $130 million, bringing the total spent on warehouses to $714 million. ICE is also reportedly planning on buying a second warehouse in Oakwood, GA and is finalizing the sale now.
Billions more will be spent on retrofitting/staffing.
Billions more will be spent on retrofitting/staffing.
February 10, 2026 at 10:15 PM
We now have confirmation that the Social Circle warehouse cost ICE $130 million, bringing the total spent on warehouses to $714 million. ICE is also reportedly planning on buying a second warehouse in Oakwood, GA and is finalizing the sale now.
Billions more will be spent on retrofitting/staffing.
Billions more will be spent on retrofitting/staffing.
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The Epstein Files are not a "distraction" from the escalating violence of ICE/CBP/DHS/DOJ policing or the genocidal campaign against trans people or US enabling of Israel's ongoing genocide of Palestinians.
It's not a coincidence that the most extreme concentrations of the power generated by our violent & cruel systems of whiteness/capitalism tend to accrue among those with the least to offer otherwise.
It's why they need their false hierarchies to feel natural & immutable.
It's why they need their false hierarchies to feel natural & immutable.
Something that’s so striking in these emails is how…unimpressive Epstein is. He comes off as a pompous, sub-literate lech. Yes everyone is so mortifyingly solicitous of him! All fawning and flattery! Why?????
January 31, 2026 at 4:29 PM
The Epstein Files are not a "distraction" from the escalating violence of ICE/CBP/DHS/DOJ policing or the genocidal campaign against trans people or US enabling of Israel's ongoing genocide of Palestinians.
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Just in the past few months in Minnesota, there have been as many ICE employees arrested for sex trafficking as there's been people executed by ICE agents
Bloomington police announce arrests in sex trafficking bust: "Rashad Johnson out of Maple Grove. This is the most disturbing arrest that we've had here. He is a backgrounder for ICE, Homeland Security, and federal agencies."
February 10, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Just in the past few months in Minnesota, there have been as many ICE employees arrested for sex trafficking as there's been people executed by ICE agents
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Attention Chicagoans: this thread details local politicians who have received funds from the landlords who approved that horrific early morning ICE raid on a South Shore apartment complex
IL Sunshine shows that they have transferred funds to James ($500), Paul Kendrick ($500, reportedly returned it), Sam Nugent, RayLo’s Democratic Party committee, and Nick Sposato since the DHS raid on 9/30 illinoissunshine.org/committees/3...
Neighborhood Building Owners Alliance PAC
Committee purpose: To support political candidates who promote the interests of building owners
illinoissunshine.org
February 10, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Attention Chicagoans: this thread details local politicians who have received funds from the landlords who approved that horrific early morning ICE raid on a South Shore apartment complex
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A new report finds Trump’s assault on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has already cost people an estimated $19 billion — and that doesn’t include the additional scams Americans may have faced with the watchdog sidelined.
Trump’s War on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Cost Consumers $19 Billion
That figure doesn’t cover “costs Americans could have been scammed out of due to a sidelined CFPB,” notes a new report.
truthout.org
February 10, 2026 at 9:27 PM
A new report finds Trump’s assault on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has already cost people an estimated $19 billion — and that doesn’t include the additional scams Americans may have faced with the watchdog sidelined.
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jeeeeeeesus: theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
Google Handed ICE Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers
Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn't know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena now. Google never gave him a chance to fight it.
theintercept.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
jeeeeeeesus: theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
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This story mentions "Oak Brook Gateway" in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook as one of the buildings in which ICE is supposedly planning office space.
Oak Brook Gateway is managed by Fairbridge Partners LLC. I tried to contact them, but the only email listed on their website bounced back as invalid.
Oak Brook Gateway is managed by Fairbridge Partners LLC. I tried to contact them, but the only email listed on their website bounced back as invalid.
February 10, 2026 at 8:19 PM
This story mentions "Oak Brook Gateway" in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook as one of the buildings in which ICE is supposedly planning office space.
Oak Brook Gateway is managed by Fairbridge Partners LLC. I tried to contact them, but the only email listed on their website bounced back as invalid.
Oak Brook Gateway is managed by Fairbridge Partners LLC. I tried to contact them, but the only email listed on their website bounced back as invalid.
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AOC blasted Trump’s Cuba fuel blockade as part of a “new era of depravity” opened by the Gaza genocide, warning that the impunity shown there has put civilians everywhere in greater danger.
AOC Says Cuba Blockade Part of “New Era of Depravity” Ushered by Gaza Genocide
Ocasio-Cortez said the precedent set by the Gaza genocide has endangered civilians across the globe.
truthout.org
February 10, 2026 at 8:21 PM
AOC blasted Trump’s Cuba fuel blockade as part of a “new era of depravity” opened by the Gaza genocide, warning that the impunity shown there has put civilians everywhere in greater danger.
“US-supplied thermal and thermobaric munitions burning at 3,500C/6332F have left no trace of nearly 3,000 Palestinians.”
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:15 PM
it seems a lot of people don't know this?
There is no constitutional right to vote!
"The fundamental individual right to vote is not in the Constitution."
www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/o...
#VotingRightsForAllNoExceptions
#AbolishWhiteSupremacistOligarchy #DismantleWhiteness
"The fundamental individual right to vote is not in the Constitution."
www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/o...
#VotingRightsForAllNoExceptions
#AbolishWhiteSupremacistOligarchy #DismantleWhiteness
February 10, 2026 at 5:53 PM
it seems a lot of people don't know this?
There is no constitutional right to vote!
"The fundamental individual right to vote is not in the Constitution."
www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/o...
#VotingRightsForAllNoExceptions
#AbolishWhiteSupremacistOligarchy #DismantleWhiteness
"The fundamental individual right to vote is not in the Constitution."
www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/o...
#VotingRightsForAllNoExceptions
#AbolishWhiteSupremacistOligarchy #DismantleWhiteness
February 10, 2026 at 5:52 PM
There is no constitutional right to vote!
"The fundamental individual right to vote is not in the Constitution."
www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/o...
#VotingRightsForAllNoExceptions
#AbolishWhiteSupremacistOligarchy #DismantleWhiteness
"The fundamental individual right to vote is not in the Constitution."
www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/o...
#VotingRightsForAllNoExceptions
#AbolishWhiteSupremacistOligarchy #DismantleWhiteness
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
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⭕️ NEW: An Al Jazeera investigation finds that Israel has used U.S.-supplied thermal & thermobaric weapons in Gaza that burn at up to 3,500°C, leaving no remains of victims. Gaza’s Civil Defence documented 2,842 Palestinians who effectively “evaporated” since Oct 2023, identified through forensic...
February 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
⭕️ NEW: An Al Jazeera investigation finds that Israel has used U.S.-supplied thermal & thermobaric weapons in Gaza that burn at up to 3,500°C, leaving no remains of victims. Gaza’s Civil Defence documented 2,842 Palestinians who effectively “evaporated” since Oct 2023, identified through forensic...
Israel has no right to exist as the genocidal apartheid state that Zionism requires it to be.
#FreePalestine #AbolishZionism #DismantleWhiteness
#FreePalestine #AbolishZionism #DismantleWhiteness
At least four Palestinians were killed and several others injured after an Israeli attack on a residential apartment in Gaza City's al-Nasr neighbourhood.
Israel has violated the ceasefire at least 1,500 times since it came into effect, according to Gaza’s Gov't Media Office.
Israel has violated the ceasefire at least 1,500 times since it came into effect, according to Gaza’s Gov't Media Office.
February 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Israel has no right to exist as the genocidal apartheid state that Zionism requires it to be.
#FreePalestine #AbolishZionism #DismantleWhiteness
#FreePalestine #AbolishZionism #DismantleWhiteness
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NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
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For @theredoubt.net, I wrote about Trump connecting the federal killings in Minneapolis to the Pentagon's killing spree in the Caribbean — and how, to him, it's all the same war. www.theredoubt.net/trumps-war-o...
Trump's war on the Americas
The U.S. president views the attacks in Minneapolis and South America as all part of the same conflict.
www.theredoubt.net
February 10, 2026 at 4:02 PM
For @theredoubt.net, I wrote about Trump connecting the federal killings in Minneapolis to the Pentagon's killing spree in the Caribbean — and how, to him, it's all the same war. www.theredoubt.net/trumps-war-o...
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This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
U.S. Boat Strike Kills 2 in Pacific, With One Survivor
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
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This is because a statistical model of word frequency is not a useful tool for modeling the complex interactions of the human body
⚠️ Despite all the hype, chatbots still make terrible doctors. Out today is the largest user study of language models for medical self-diagnosis. We found that chatbots provide inaccurate and inconsistent answers, and that people are better off using online searches or their own judgment.
February 10, 2026 at 2:27 PM
This is because a statistical model of word frequency is not a useful tool for modeling the complex interactions of the human body