Jason Guthartz
@restructures.bsky.social
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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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Covid kills children.
Covid disables children.
Long covid has surpassed asthma as the most common chronic illness in children.
Vinay Prasad is a grifter and a fear mongerer and this will cost lives.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Covid disables children.
Long covid has surpassed asthma as the most common chronic illness in children.
Vinay Prasad is a grifter and a fear mongerer and this will cost lives.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Blaming some child deaths on covid shots, FDA vows stricter vaccine rules
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Covid kills children.
Covid disables children.
Long covid has surpassed asthma as the most common chronic illness in children.
Vinay Prasad is a grifter and a fear mongerer and this will cost lives.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Covid disables children.
Long covid has surpassed asthma as the most common chronic illness in children.
Vinay Prasad is a grifter and a fear mongerer and this will cost lives.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
SINS OF THE FLESHAPOIDS (1965, dir. Mike Kuchar)
Without saying Star Wars, name a science fiction film.
November 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
SINS OF THE FLESHAPOIDS (1965, dir. Mike Kuchar)
School enrollment drops amid ICE raids. 'We just don't know what happened to them.'
School enrollment drops amid ICE raids. 'We just don't know what happened to them.'
Schools across Southern California are facing steeper enrollment declines as Trump immigration enforcement actions discourage or prevent students from enrolling.
www.latimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
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ICE garage blockaded in lower Manhattan with dozens of agents stuck inside as more and more New Yorkers gather.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
November 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
ICE garage blockaded in lower Manhattan with dozens of agents stuck inside as more and more New Yorkers gather.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
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This seems like the kind of declaration by a U.S. president that should be mentioned *somewhere* on the front page of CNN or the NY Times, but the fact that it isn't (as of right now) tells us so much both about how this president is covered and the credibility of the U.S. government.
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This seems like the kind of declaration by a U.S. president that should be mentioned *somewhere* on the front page of CNN or the NY Times, but the fact that it isn't (as of right now) tells us so much both about how this president is covered and the credibility of the U.S. government.
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Probably a good idea to get all the vaccines before they're banned.
as someone who had salmonella and thought I was gonna die, pleased to report that today I will be getting vaccines against typhoid and cholera. because I'm traveling? no. because I fear the dissolution of the systems that keep our food and water clean.
February 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Probably a good idea to get all the vaccines before they're banned.
That line would fit perfectly within the deeply disturbing fan theories that focus on Del's trunk 🤭
I think we’re meant to root for Neil both to get home and to understand Del. We know he loves his family and is trying hard and just has a short fuse for people like Del. A less artful movie would have him constantly saying things like “I can’t miss another Thanksgiving, my wife will kill me.”
November 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
That line would fit perfectly within the deeply disturbing fan theories that focus on Del's trunk 🤭
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I cannot even begin to express my rage at this lie
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
NEW: The F.D.A. announced in an internal memo that 10 children died "because of" the Covid shot. Other experts want to see proof.
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I cannot even begin to express my rage at this lie
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
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The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
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universities aren’t capitulating to Trump, they’re collaborating. the modern university is a hedge fund with an academy incidentally attached to it, the ghouls in charge want to scrap programs, reject “wokeness,” think racial equality has gone too far, etc. it’s just an excuse to do what they want!
November 29, 2025 at 2:36 AM
universities aren’t capitulating to Trump, they’re collaborating. the modern university is a hedge fund with an academy incidentally attached to it, the ghouls in charge want to scrap programs, reject “wokeness,” think racial equality has gone too far, etc. it’s just an excuse to do what they want!
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Such an absolute shame & embarrassment.
Fuck, Northwestern just caved. Reading the deal now. ( www.northwestern.edu/president/do... )
www.northwestern.edu
November 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Such an absolute shame & embarrassment.
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You've heard of the Friday night news dump. Here's the Friday night of Thanksgiving wknd dump. For special circumstances, like when the faculty assembly votes 595-4 against paying to end a shakedown and you do it anyway. Link to agreement here: bulkmail.northwestern.edu/trk/click?re...
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
You've heard of the Friday night news dump. Here's the Friday night of Thanksgiving wknd dump. For special circumstances, like when the faculty assembly votes 595-4 against paying to end a shakedown and you do it anyway. Link to agreement here: bulkmail.northwestern.edu/trk/click?re...
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Apropos of nothing...
"In June 1939, the German ocean liner St. Louis and its 937 passengers, almost all Jewish, were turned away from the port of Miami, forcing the ship to return to Europe; more than a quarter died in the Holocaust."
"In June 1939, the German ocean liner St. Louis and its 937 passengers, almost all Jewish, were turned away from the port of Miami, forcing the ship to return to Europe; more than a quarter died in the Holocaust."
"In a long tradition of 'persecuting the refugee,' the State Department and FDR claimed that Jewish immigrants could threaten national security"
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/us-g...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/us-g...
June 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Apropos of nothing...
"In June 1939, the German ocean liner St. Louis and its 937 passengers, almost all Jewish, were turned away from the port of Miami, forcing the ship to return to Europe; more than a quarter died in the Holocaust."
"In June 1939, the German ocean liner St. Louis and its 937 passengers, almost all Jewish, were turned away from the port of Miami, forcing the ship to return to Europe; more than a quarter died in the Holocaust."
Never underestimate the violence & cruelty of whiteness.
In case you’re wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
November 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Never underestimate the violence & cruelty of whiteness.
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Starbucks employees escalated their strike on Black Friday, expanding to 120 stores and 85 cities.
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Starbucks workers' union escalates strike on Black Friday
() -The Starbucks workers' union said on Friday it is escalating an indefinite strike to more than 120 stores and 85 cities, demanding higher pay and staffing levels at the coffee chain. The walkout,...
www.yahoo.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Starbucks employees escalated their strike on Black Friday, expanding to 120 stores and 85 cities.
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
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The struggle over history, from Wounded Knee to Thanksgiving to ICE detentions, is not a debate about the past. It is a struggle over who defines America and whose humanity matters. buff.ly/rZBKFDj
The Right Wants to Write Indigenous People Out of US History. We Won’t Let Them.
The Trump administration is reviving the visual language of manifest destiny and weaponizing the US’s founding myths.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The struggle over history, from Wounded Knee to Thanksgiving to ICE detentions, is not a debate about the past. It is a struggle over who defines America and whose humanity matters. buff.ly/rZBKFDj
WTF?!
Just as horrifying: I polled my students a couple years ago and almost all of them admitted to watching the movies I assigned them at 2x the speed!
Oh my god. She's 1000% right. This makes so much sense.
(Credit: Saradoesbookstuff on insta)
(Credit: Saradoesbookstuff on insta)
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
WTF?!
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The fascists are testing the boundaries of their power and in what ways they can put pressure on remaining walls to their goal of absolute power of the United executive branch.
Things are accelerating quite rapidly again and this appears to be a systemwide stress test
Things are accelerating quite rapidly again and this appears to be a systemwide stress test
Trump claims “any document” signed by Joe Biden is “hereby terminated.”
He calls out executive orders later but obviously “any document” would be much broader and include legislation.
(He can’t legally do that but, as always, we get to watch how far he can push this without repercussions)
He calls out executive orders later but obviously “any document” would be much broader and include legislation.
(He can’t legally do that but, as always, we get to watch how far he can push this without repercussions)
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The fascists are testing the boundaries of their power and in what ways they can put pressure on remaining walls to their goal of absolute power of the United executive branch.
Things are accelerating quite rapidly again and this appears to be a systemwide stress test
Things are accelerating quite rapidly again and this appears to be a systemwide stress test
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Beyond depraved: "Hours after her detainment, court documents obtained by ABC News show that a federal judge ordered the government not to remove the 19-year-old from the U.S. and not to transfer her outside of Massachusetts. But Lopez Belloza was deported to Honduras the next day."
November 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Beyond depraved: "Hours after her detainment, court documents obtained by ABC News show that a federal judge ordered the government not to remove the 19-year-old from the U.S. and not to transfer her outside of Massachusetts. But Lopez Belloza was deported to Honduras the next day."
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Guess this is going to turn into one of those posts that I have to repost every few months now as the United States government is fully rebuilding itself as a white power institution and setting the stage for mass ethnic cleansing and genocide.
“Remigration” is a word that only exists in this context as a white identity movement concept. The word itself was literally created by fascists and white identity groups to call for the forced removal and destruction of “ethnically non white” citizens within their country. It’s literally fascism
Trump is now redefining deportation as “remigration”
Next he’s going to start referring to denaturalization as “realienation”
Next he’s going to start referring to denaturalization as “realienation”
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Guess this is going to turn into one of those posts that I have to repost every few months now as the United States government is fully rebuilding itself as a white power institution and setting the stage for mass ethnic cleansing and genocide.
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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
September 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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
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A winter storm warning has been issued from 3 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday by the National Weather Service.
Winter storm warning issued Saturday in Chicago; 6-10 inches of snow likely
chicago.suntimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A winter storm warning has been issued from 3 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday by the National Weather Service.
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UN says 32,000 Palestinians forced from their homes in the Israeli-occupied territory with major assault ongoing.
‘In cold blood’: Israeli troops kill unarmed men during West Bank assault
UN says 32,000 Palestinians forced from their homes in the Israeli-occupied territory with major assault ongoing.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
UN says 32,000 Palestinians forced from their homes in the Israeli-occupied territory with major assault ongoing.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
🔸️ AMM (Rowe/Prevost/Tilbury)
🔸️ Betty Carter
🔸️ Hamza El Din
🔸️ Brand New Heavies feat. N'Dea Davenport [sharing a bill w/ Van Hunt]
🔸️ Harry Partch's "Delusion of the Fury"
🔸️ AMM (Rowe/Prevost/Tilbury)
🔸️ Betty Carter
🔸️ Hamza El Din
🔸️ Brand New Heavies feat. N'Dea Davenport [sharing a bill w/ Van Hunt]
🔸️ Harry Partch's "Delusion of the Fury"
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Public Enemy
Motorhead
Mavis Staples
Roger Miller
The Waco Brothers (>100X)
Public Enemy
Motorhead
Mavis Staples
Roger Miller
The Waco Brothers (>100X)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Trombone Shorty
Matt Wilson’s Christmas Tree-O
Fred Wesley (I think with the JBs, but maybe the Horny Horns)
Maceo Parker
Buddy Guy
Trombone Shorty
Matt Wilson’s Christmas Tree-O
Fred Wesley (I think with the JBs, but maybe the Horny Horns)
Maceo Parker
Buddy Guy
November 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
🔸️ AMM (Rowe/Prevost/Tilbury)
🔸️ Betty Carter
🔸️ Hamza El Din
🔸️ Brand New Heavies feat. N'Dea Davenport [sharing a bill w/ Van Hunt]
🔸️ Harry Partch's "Delusion of the Fury"
🔸️ AMM (Rowe/Prevost/Tilbury)
🔸️ Betty Carter
🔸️ Hamza El Din
🔸️ Brand New Heavies feat. N'Dea Davenport [sharing a bill w/ Van Hunt]
🔸️ Harry Partch's "Delusion of the Fury"