Jason Guthartz
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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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"Misrepresentation, deception, and outright lying appear to be part of a police officer’s job description, so much so that the term 'testilying,' now common vernacular for police falsifications, was actually coined by NYPD officers as something of an inside joke."
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
January 7, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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Update: the judge in the Stanford case has declared a mistrial, with jurors "hopelessly deadlocked" on both felony counts – a big embarrassment for the Santa Clara DA, who has already said he'll retry the case.
The most serious charges against pro-Palestine student protestors in the country have come from a Democratic DA in a blue state. In San Francisco & San Jose, prosecutors are using *felony conspiracy* charges to go after activists who aren't accused of any violence boltsmag.org/stanford-san...
In Bay Area, Felony Charges Against Student Protesters Prompt Free Speech Concerns - Bolts
German Gonzalez grew up about an hour south of Stanford University, in a dusty California farming town where the apples for Martinelli’s sparkling cider are juiced and packaged. In high... Read More
boltsmag.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Update: the judge in the Stanford case has declared a mistrial, with jurors "hopelessly deadlocked" on both felony counts – a big embarrassment for the Santa Clara DA, who has already said he'll retry the case.
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“Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly’s First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees," the judge wrote. "Our retired veterans deserve more respect from their Government, and our Constitution demands they receive it!"
Breaking News: A judge temporarily blocked Pete Hegseth from punishing Mark Kelly for a video that warned service members not to follow illegal orders.
Judge Temporarily Blocks Hegseth From Punishing Mark Kelly Over ‘Illegal Orders’ Video
Judge Richard J. Leon found that attempts to discipline Mark Kelly for a video that warned against following illegal orders would violate the senator’s First Amendment rights.
nyti.ms
February 14, 2026 at 12:08 AM
“Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly’s First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees," the judge wrote. "Our retired veterans deserve more respect from their Government, and our Constitution demands they receive it!"
New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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That so many USians - incl. many liberals/Dems - look back fondly on Reagan suggests how we got to the current fascist shitshow.
November 11, 2024 at 3:08 PM
That so many USians - incl. many liberals/Dems - look back fondly on Reagan suggests how we got to the current fascist shitshow.
Don't forget the joys 🥰
Brenda & the Big Dudes, "Weekend Special" (1983)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjQD...
Brenda & the Big Dudes, "Weekend Special" (1983)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjQD...
February 13, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Don't forget the joys 🥰
Brenda & the Big Dudes, "Weekend Special" (1983)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjQD...
Brenda & the Big Dudes, "Weekend Special" (1983)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjQD...
Never underestimate the violence & cruelty of whiteness.
#DefundPolice #AbolishPolice #DismantleWhiteness
#DefundPolice #AbolishPolice #DismantleWhiteness
NEW: The Queens DA on Friday filed assault and criminal weapons possession charges against Jabez Chakraborty, the 22-year-old man shot last month by NYPD officers during a mental health crisis, despite Mayor Mamdani’s public pleas not to have him criminally charged.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/13/j...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/13/j...
Queens DA Charges Man Shot by NYPD, Against Mayor’s Wishes
Jabez Chakraborty was arraigned in the hospital room where he is recovering.
www.thecity.nyc
February 13, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Never underestimate the violence & cruelty of whiteness.
#DefundPolice #AbolishPolice #DismantleWhiteness
#DefundPolice #AbolishPolice #DismantleWhiteness
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Cuba has been under a U.S. economic embargo since 1962, more than half a century ago. In recent years, Venezuela had been a key supplier of oil for Cuba, but that supply was cut off in early January after U.S. forces attacked Venezuela and abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
February 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Cuba has been under a U.S. economic embargo since 1962, more than half a century ago. In recent years, Venezuela had been a key supplier of oil for Cuba, but that supply was cut off in early January after U.S. forces attacked Venezuela and abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
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Cuba is facing a growing humanitarian crisis due to a U.S.-imposed oil blockade. Cuba’s government announced it’s running out of fuel for commercial aviation, prompting Air Canada to cancel flights. Trump has threatened new tariffs against any nation that sends fuel to Cuba.
US Oil Blockade on Cuba Is Harming Hospitals, Education, and Scientific Research
Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, Cuban ambassador to the UN, discusses how the US is also attacking medical programs and tourism.
buff.ly
February 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Cuba is facing a growing humanitarian crisis due to a U.S.-imposed oil blockade. Cuba’s government announced it’s running out of fuel for commercial aviation, prompting Air Canada to cancel flights. Trump has threatened new tariffs against any nation that sends fuel to Cuba.
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The FBI’s apparent probe of Extinction Rebellion NYC comes as the Justice Department continues to dodge questions about the names on AG Pam Bondi's secret NSPM-7 domestic terrorism list theintercept.com/2026/02/12/p...
February 13, 2026 at 12:39 PM
The FBI’s apparent probe of Extinction Rebellion NYC comes as the Justice Department continues to dodge questions about the names on AG Pam Bondi's secret NSPM-7 domestic terrorism list theintercept.com/2026/02/12/p...
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"We cannot take lightly the federal government's expansive repression and persecution of anti-ICE and anti-fascist activism." - @nlg.org's Director of Defense Xavier T. de Janon
Read Protect the Protest coalition member National Lawyers Guild's full statement on the PtP website 👇 #ProtectTheProtest
Read Protect the Protest coalition member National Lawyers Guild's full statement on the PtP website 👇 #ProtectTheProtest
Who Isn’t a Domestic Terrorist: 19th Prairieland Defendant Should Concern Us All — Protect the Protest
“We cannot take lightly the federal government's expansive repression and persecution of anti-ICE and anti-fascist activism. On July 4, 2025, community members gathered at the Prairieland ICE Detentio...
www.protecttheprotest.org
February 13, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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NEW: The Trump admin publicized the arrest of an "antifa domestic terrorist," implying he was charged with threatening federal agents. But the criminal complaint suggests Kyle Wagner was charged with Instagram beefing with controversial rightwing agitator Jayden Scott.
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The Trump Admin Arrested an Antifascist for Shit-Talking a Fascist
A supposed ‘antifa domestic terrorist’ was arrested for ‘cyberstalking’ a controversial right-wing agitator who showed up at a reporter’s home to threaten him.
zeteo.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:49 PM
NEW: The Trump admin publicized the arrest of an "antifa domestic terrorist," implying he was charged with threatening federal agents. But the criminal complaint suggests Kyle Wagner was charged with Instagram beefing with controversial rightwing agitator Jayden Scott.
zeteo.com/p/trump-admi...
zeteo.com/p/trump-admi...
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There are no quick fixes for fascism - our charge is to confront and uproot the criminalization that underlies and drives it within and beyond borders.
Democrats are suggesting reforms for ICE, but the reality is: abolition is the way forward, not reform.
Read the latest from our co-founder Andrea J. Ritchie in @thenation.com!
Read the latest from our co-founder Andrea J. Ritchie in @thenation.com!
Abolition Is Still the Only Way Out of This
Forget the useless so-called “reforms” to ICE and policing currently on offer. We need much more fundamental change.
www.thenation.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:48 PM
There are no quick fixes for fascism - our charge is to confront and uproot the criminalization that underlies and drives it within and beyond borders.
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"They also demonstrate the scale and resources the Trump administration has devoted to building a mass deportation network. The plan's $38 billion budget is more than the total annual spending for 22 states, according to state budget data."
February 13, 2026 at 7:17 PM
"They also demonstrate the scale and resources the Trump administration has devoted to building a mass deportation network. The plan's $38 billion budget is more than the total annual spending for 22 states, according to state budget data."
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Imagine if even a fraction of what this administration plans to spend on cages went toward housing people.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Imagine if even a fraction of what this administration plans to spend on cages went toward housing people.
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Cuban official decries ‘massive punishment’ by US oil blockade https://aje.news/402kjo
February 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Cuban official decries ‘massive punishment’ by US oil blockade https://aje.news/402kjo
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Tons of reporting on Musk’s science fictional business plans, not near enough about his white supremacist and fascist worldview. Good to see this from the Guardian!
Even if you are not surprised, this is important reporting documenting the bigoted ideology (and often, falsehoods) that Musk is promoting to his zillion online followers. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Tons of reporting on Musk’s science fictional business plans, not near enough about his white supremacist and fascist worldview. Good to see this from the Guardian!
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It's at least as urgent that RFK & the whole MAHA crew be removed from office ASAP.
Their anti-vaccine, anti-health crusade is going to harm & kill millions of people over the coming years & decades.
#RemoveRFK #DismantleWhiteness
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Their anti-vaccine, anti-health crusade is going to harm & kill millions of people over the coming years & decades.
#RemoveRFK #DismantleWhiteness
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This will kill more children than all of the mass shootings in schools in the history of the planet.
#RemoveTrumpNOW #DismantleWhiteness
#CovidIsNotOver #CovidProtectionsNOW
#RemoveTrumpNOW #DismantleWhiteness
#CovidIsNotOver #CovidProtectionsNOW
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration will move to pull the COVID vaccine off the U.S. market “within months,” one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s closest associates has told the Daily Beast.
January 27, 2026 at 11:05 PM
It's at least as urgent that RFK & the whole MAHA crew be removed from office ASAP.
Their anti-vaccine, anti-health crusade is going to harm & kill millions of people over the coming years & decades.
#RemoveRFK #DismantleWhiteness
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Their anti-vaccine, anti-health crusade is going to harm & kill millions of people over the coming years & decades.
#RemoveRFK #DismantleWhiteness
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"If the greatest film makers and artists of our time cannot stand up and say so, they should know that history will judge them. I am shocked and disgusted."
#FreePalestine #AbolishZionism #DismantleWhiteness
#FreePalestine #AbolishZionism #DismantleWhiteness
Author Arundhati Roy, 'Shocked and Disgusted' by Jury's Gaza Remarks, Pulls Out of Berlinale 2026
Author Arundhati Roy, 'Shocked and Disgusted' by Jury's Gaza Remarks, Pulls Out of Berlinale 2026
The Indian author, film maker and peace activist responds to a recent attempt by jury membres at the festival to deflect from the violence inflicted by Israel on the Gaza strip.
thewire.in
February 13, 2026 at 6:21 PM
"If the greatest film makers and artists of our time cannot stand up and say so, they should know that history will judge them. I am shocked and disgusted."
#FreePalestine #AbolishZionism #DismantleWhiteness
#FreePalestine #AbolishZionism #DismantleWhiteness
Never underestimate the violence & cruelty of whiteness.
This is a truly sick list. Every single person represented on it actively and enthusiastically chose to participate in genocide.
February 13, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Never underestimate the violence & cruelty of whiteness.
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Meta's plan for launching glasses that people can use to secretly identify strangers on the street is to do it "during a dynamic political environment" when people who care about why that's bad are "focused on other concerns."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Meta's plan for launching glasses that people can use to secretly identify strangers on the street is to do it "during a dynamic political environment" when people who care about why that's bad are "focused on other concerns."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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For decades the tech industry has insulated itself from criticism by leveraging the rhetoric of progressivism & benignity towards the disenfranchised & disabled, w promises of “access” & “democratization” that their products afford. We can’t stop them using this lang but we can stop falling for it.
In an internal memo in May, Meta laid out its plans to release facial recognition in its smart glasses, to the blind first, & then to the general public.
“Civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
“Civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:21 PM
For decades the tech industry has insulated itself from criticism by leveraging the rhetoric of progressivism & benignity towards the disenfranchised & disabled, w promises of “access” & “democratization” that their products afford. We can’t stop them using this lang but we can stop falling for it.
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USAID funds didn't just kill people, it has harmed people in myriad ways— including making sex hurt more and be more dangerous, due to a lack of lube and condoms theintercept.com/2026/02/09/t...
February 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
USAID funds didn't just kill people, it has harmed people in myriad ways— including making sex hurt more and be more dangerous, due to a lack of lube and condoms theintercept.com/2026/02/09/t...
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Memphis is under a federal task force occupation that includes DEA, CBP, ICE, National Guard, state troopers, and (I’m not joking) IRS agents (IRS jackets kidnapping people). No national news.
ICE and CBP haven’t withdrawn from a single fucking U.S. city that they’ve occupied.
February 11, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Memphis is under a federal task force occupation that includes DEA, CBP, ICE, National Guard, state troopers, and (I’m not joking) IRS agents (IRS jackets kidnapping people). No national news.
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FEMA staff were “told not to use the word ‘ice’ in any public messaging about the winter storm because they didn’t want any connection to the increasingly unpopular immigration operation in Minnesota.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
FEMA staff were “told not to use the word ‘ice’ in any public messaging about the winter storm because they didn’t want any connection to the increasingly unpopular immigration operation in Minnesota.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:21 AM
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FEMA staff were “told not to use the word ‘ice’ in any public messaging about the winter storm because they didn’t want any connection to the increasingly unpopular immigration operation in Minnesota.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
FEMA staff were “told not to use the word ‘ice’ in any public messaging about the winter storm because they didn’t want any connection to the increasingly unpopular immigration operation in Minnesota.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...