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Sanho Tree

@sanho.bsky.social

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Fellow, Inst. for Policy Studies. Ex-historian posting about drug policy, social justice, Ukraine, & such. Fighting culture wars since Pat Buchanan declared it in 1992. Professional border crosser. Interdisciplinary before it was cool. Personal account.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · Jun 25

My talk last week about Authoritarianism and The Weaponization of Social Media is now up. Please share if you like it.

Authoritarianism and The Weaponization of Social Media

YouTube video by Institute for Policy Studies

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1m

They are definitely not armed!

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 1h

Live from the Emergency Naked Bike Ride 🚲 where the crowd hase just erupted in cheers with the arrival of the Unipipier

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 4m

This is what terrifies Trump.

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 24m

Brass band at a (peaceful) protest of ICE in Portland Sunday afternoon.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1h

ICE/Border Patrol held a weapon on a guy who was demanding they show him their face in Rogers Park today

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3h

“WHOAH! Be careful not to step in that pile of shit there!” exclaimed the man pulling his pants back up.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 4h

Fascinated how the guy who made superstars of Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Knowles thought that unfettered racism and every phobia in existence wouldn't eventually include anti-semitism

Ben Shapiro warns that conspiratorial right is taking over social media

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1h

Imagine traveling from DC to NYC for $25 like this.

$25 Business Class High Speed Train in China #chinatravel #travel #shorts

YouTube video by Bearded Travels

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 5h

“I’m a cop. I am not supposed to feel dread. He’s a brown person. HE’S supposed to feel dread!”

Bari nods sympathetically.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

Nobody from the Trump admin will answer this simple question no matter how many times you ask it. For some reason. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8h

Vance: I’m sure that in the course of his life he has been paid more than $50,000 for services. The question is did he do something illegal.

Stephanopoulos: I’m asking if Homan accepted the $50,000

Vance: Is it illegal to take a payment for doing services? Low income women can’t get food

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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 6h

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 2h

The Antifa adorables arrived.

Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 4h

Superheroes have arrived in Broadview to protest against ICE!

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Doug Aoki @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 2h

LA street art.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 2h

Become ungovernable.😂

Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 12h

There wasn't even a moment's hesitation about my Halloween costume.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 2h

Nick Turse: “If you distill it all down, basically, the Trump administration through this notice admits that it’s waging a secret war against undisclosed enemies without the consent of Congress.”

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 4h

License to Kill: Trump’s Extrajudicial Executions

@akelalacy.bsky.social, @radleybalko.bsky.social and yours truly discuss the Trump administration’s rhetoric and rationale to justify extrajudicial killings abroad — and possibly at home.

theintercept.com/2025/10/10/b...

License to Kill: Trump’s Extrajudicial Executions

Akela Lacy, Radley Balko, and Nick Turse on the administration’s rhetoric and rationale to justify extrajudicial killings abroad — and possibly at home.

theintercept.com

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 4h

Stock market! Do not crash! I was joking!

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

“Don't worry about China, it will all be fine! Highly respected President Xi just had a bad moment.”

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h

The federal food program helping more than 1 in 4 young children access fresh produce, milk, and formula will run out of funding next week.

Over 5 million children could lose food assistance — all thanks to the Trump-Republican shutdown.

The cruelty is endless.

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Nathan Newman- ANTIFA Since Nazis Murdered Family in Death Camps @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 4h

A Cuomo mayorship will be four years of this, excusing Trump's terror campaign against NYC residents, the suppression of Dem opposition politicians (who are Cuomo's enemies as well) and Cuomo serving the interests of his billionaire donors.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 4h

This is Darwin in action. Being pale gives them an evolutionary advantage in avoiding ICE.

Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 4h

I... what

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 5h

Just about everyone vulnerable has been told to stay inside. There are literally hundreds of trained emergency response people on the streets of the 1.8 sq mile neighborhood. ICE is driving through alleys looking for anyone who’s brown

This is Fugitive Slave Act stuff + foreign occupation

Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 22h

Rogers Park

Northernmost lakefront n’hood in Chicago

Home of Loyola U (RIP Sister Jean)

One of few n’hoods w no racial majority. One of the most densely populated places in America, & one of the most racially/ethnicly/religiously/linguistically diverse

An amazing community

And under attack

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 7h

Here be monsters.👺👹

SayItToMyFace🚫👑 @sayittomyface.bsky.social · 8h

Love that Chicago is getting in on the Portland humor bandwagon! Hard to say it’s a warzone when this is happening!

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AnonymousDogs @dragonsinthesky.bsky.social · 7h

i so needed this unexpected laughter. thank you!

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 3d

The “Bush being informed about 9/11” meme has been defeated.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4d

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 7h

What’s $50,000 between friends? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

Vance is having an incredible morning on the Sunday shows doing "oh so now it's illegal to [mundane thing]?"

A real quote when Vance is asked about whether Tom Homan kept the $50,000 he got in a fast food bag: "Is it illegal to take a payment for doing services?"

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Sannl04 @sannl04.bsky.social · 7h

Need some laughter? This. 🧵 is for you.

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 3d

The “Bush being informed about 9/11” meme has been defeated.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4d

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 7h

Here be monsters.👺👹

SayItToMyFace🚫👑 @sayittomyface.bsky.social · 8h

Love that Chicago is getting in on the Portland humor bandwagon! Hard to say it’s a warzone when this is happening!

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 8h

I came pretty close last year. I never knew how isolated that building was.

Höfði House where the Reagan-Gorbachev summit was held.

Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 8h

Goebbels in 1944: “Nobody ever gives us credit for all the undesirables we *haven’t* killed yet.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

WELKER: Is the DOJ acting on orders from the president to prosecute his political opponents?

JD VANCE: No ... You know who we haven't prosecuted? Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton ... he's allowed to have opinions about law enforcement

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 8h

James Comey? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 11h

Dumbest gaslighting ever. Who was president on January 6?

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