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Simulated Chollas

@simulatedchollas.bsky.social

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An epileptic forever-bumpkin turned intermittent-scientist Abolish borders Ruthlessly criticize what exists Internationalism or bust

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Simulated Chollas @simulatedchollas.bsky.social · Dec 1

“Gaza Funds is a project that connects people to crowdfunding campaigns for individuals and families from Gaza. Each time the page is reloaded, a different campaign appears.” www.gazafunds.com

Gaza Funds Spotlight Campaign

Find vetted fundraisers for Gaza here

www.gazafunds.com

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Adam Dayton @shardshinjuku.bsky.social · 15h

I think this misses the forest for the trees. If Republicans being literal Nazis was a self-censoring fact at this point then why are this convo still in the backchannels of the internet? Also, somebody thought this shit was optically damaging enough to leak to the press.

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 16h

“many prominent young republicans are actual Nazis” is a self-censoring fact at this point

normie swing voters will literally refuse to believe it and the media refuses to report it because it would call everything else they’ve done into question

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 19h

while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.

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Is This Hell? 🏳️‍🌈 @wattle.bsky.social · 11h

pictured: the normie swing voter

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 10h

If Mahmood wanted to tackle declining in trust in politicians a good step would be being honest about immigration. It isn't migration which is the issue, it's the misinformation demonising migrants which surrounds it. Europe's border policies already cost lives.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Border failings in Europe are eroding trust in nation states, warns Mahmood

Home secretary to tell meeting of interior ministers that international cooperation is way to curb irregular migration

www.theguardian.com

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 11h

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Simulated Chollas @simulatedchollas.bsky.social · 10h

You can argue forever about who is or isn’t a Nazi but the thing is, awarding a von Trotha abroad will give you a Hitler at home.

the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 17h

George W Bush and his party were ravenous war criminals and ardent reactionaries. They were not Nazis. *these guys* are Nazis

the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 17h

again, the problem with rhetorical maximalism (all Republicans since Barry fucking Goldwater were Nazis) is that you end up believing it and saying absolutely unhinged shit thinking it's normal

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 11h

Israel is still not allowing International Media back into Gaza, despite the Ceasefire

By Colleen Murrell, Dublin City University (The Conversation) – The world’s media are currently busy recording the tales of released Israeli hostages, freed Palestinian prisoners and their families after a ceasefire came into effect for the war in Gaza. But they are doing so while still being held at a distance from the centre of […]

dlvr.it

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Simulated Chollas @simulatedchollas.bsky.social · 10h

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10h

I don't think I've seen a network TV news report more transparently full of shit since maybe 2003, right before we invaded Iraq

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 13h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 11h

Let's help them rebuild their lives.

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they/them might be giants ☭ @babadookspinoza.bsky.social · 17h

“Israel” killed most of the people who died on October 7th and it killed most of the hostages who died in Gaza. But all we hear in the West is Hamas, Hamas, Hamas, who, under international law, have the right to resist occupation by force. Any real peace will not include “Israel” at all.

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Terrill Tailfeathers @terrilltf.bsky.social · 14h

We got zero donations on this today. Let’s help this family stay housed. They’re stressed right out and need the help. Please consider small donation. They add up. I’m hoping I can give them some good news tomorrow. Keep sharing. Someone out there might be able to help.

Terrill Tailfeathers @terrilltf.bsky.social · 21h

Hey everyone. I’m really busy this week but I wanted to help a friend raise their late rent money. They’re having a really hard time as a single parent. They need $600 or will face eviction on the 23rd. Anything helps. They’re trying not to end up in a shelter. PayPal/e-transfer [email protected]

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Simulated Chollas @simulatedchollas.bsky.social · 14h

Abolish Border Patrol

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 19h

UPDATE — Multiple witness videos today show an older white federal agent straddling a young Black man on the ground outside of a Walgreens on Chicago’s Southeast Side.

This is a developing story.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/fede...

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 14h

“Rosales Castillo admitted to being illegally present in the U.S. to Border Patrol officers which is a crime,” DHS’s Tricia McLaughlin told MSNBC.”

This assumes 1325 is a “continuous offense,” a bonkers view this admin is desperate to push in court:

www.justice.gov/olc/media/14...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h

The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.

Remigration Wikipedia Page.

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.
It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement. Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.

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Winnie Madikizela’s boo @dre-withwithout.blacksky.app · 8d

If you can share, boost, spread and donate. I truly appreciate it.

Thank you 🙏🏽.

Love you, regardless

gofund.me/34d23778

Donate to Help me receive my little brother Dravin Matiste, organized by Andre Small

It’s taking me a lot to do this and I was just here asking for help ma… Andre Small needs your support for Help me receive my little brother Dravin Matiste

gofund.me

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thicc husband and father @lukeisamazing.bsky.social · 15h

I think it’s fine if you just call it mass murder, Chris, there’s no reason to equivocate about it

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 20h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 20h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Simulated Chollas @simulatedchollas.bsky.social · 15h

ABC News and DHS are manufacturing consent to kill anyone opposing ICE and CBP

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 16h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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Return of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 15h

Incredible that news will still publish unchallenged claims from an openly dishonest administration. Gotta get them eyeballs, baby.

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 16h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

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No Mods, No Masters @julieofthespirits.bsky.social · 15h

Whenever anyone says "cartels" in the abstract you know they're full of shit

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 16h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 1d

wrote about how Dr. Phil pivoted to wholesale MAGA punditry after leaving daytime TV to start his own company—and why his Trump friendship and ICE ride-alongs couldn't save his new venture from the bankruptcy proceedings that now have him tied up in court slate.com/business/202...

He Used to Dominate Daytime TV. Now He’s Sucking Up to Trump—and His Media Empire Is Collapsing.

When Dr. Phil signed off his talk show in 2023, he pivoted to MAGA politics. It’s not working so well for him.

slate.com

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Kathleen Clark @kathleenclark.bsky.social · 1d

More airports refusing to play Noem’s propaganda video
• Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport
• Tucson International Airport

azmirror.com/briefs/arizo...

Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport both confirmed to the Arizona Mirror that they are not displaying a video of Noem that was promoted by the White House as being played at
"every public airport in America."
Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport plays a crucial role in the Trump
administration's deportation efforts.
The airport hosts the operational hub for Immigration and Customs
Enforcement's "ICE Air" operations, which deport and shuttle immigrants across the country.
Airport spokesman Ryan Smith confirmed to the Mirror that the video is not currently displayed at the airport due to the Mesa Gateway Airport Authority Board policy, which states that "(a)dvertising that discusses the topics or subjects of politics or religion, social society, or economics is prohibited."

"Consistent with airport policy, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport declined to post the video," Jon Brodsky, a spokesman for the state's largest airport, told the Mirror.
Sky Harbor also has a policy that does not permit political content.
And Tucson International Airport also confirmed to the Mirror that it is not playing the video. Not only does it also ban advertisements - even from the government - that focus on political speech, but the airport does not have screens in the area DHS requested the video be played.
Flagstaff Pulliam Airport did not respond to a request for comment.
Other airports across the nation have made similar statements explaining why the ad is not playing, despite the White House's claim that it was being displayed in every single American airport.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 16h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 22h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Simulated Chollas @simulatedchollas.bsky.social · 16h

I.e., one of the reasons you’re less likely to have a heatstroke on a bicycle pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 17h

For the past at least five years, many of the world’s most prominent academics and journalists have been openly pushing the idea that people need to be “exposed” to bigoted ideas and taught by bigoted professors. Why are we then surprised when we find bigots in charge of our children?

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 17h

Just a reminder the word remigrate is open Nazi language and should be seen as a threat of violence.

When the neo Nazis use this term their is another two words they use after it which are :or die

It’s important to understand the context that the word Remigrate is a threat to leave or be murdered.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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