AW Stiles
@awstiles.bsky.social
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AW Stiles
@awstiles.bsky.social
· Aug 21
Beautiful Trouble
Creative tools for a more just world.
beautifultrouble.org
Starting a thread of ideas to protest this weekend in DC (or anywhere) starting with this
Toolbox from Beautiful Trouble
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Toolbox from Beautiful Trouble
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illinoisanswers.org/2026/01/15/c... My latest with @schuba.bsky.social and Peter Nickeas about the tac team cop who shot and killed his partner. After Carlos Baker's initial rejection, Baker's district commander approved his promotion even after Baker disobeyed orders and cussed out his sergeant
Chicago Police Brass Had Rejected Troubled Cop's Move to Elite Unit Before He Fatally Shot Partner
The chief of patrol approved Officer Carlos Baker’s transfer despite denying his request for the move less than a year earlier because of “discipline’ problems.
illinoisanswers.org
January 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
illinoisanswers.org/2026/01/15/c... My latest with @schuba.bsky.social and Peter Nickeas about the tac team cop who shot and killed his partner. After Carlos Baker's initial rejection, Baker's district commander approved his promotion even after Baker disobeyed orders and cussed out his sergeant
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The Trump admin, which says it was investigating fraud in Democratic-led states, quietly shelved a massive welfare fraud investigation in Mississippi involving public funds funneled to Brett Favre and others
Trump Admin Went Easy On A Red State After Punishing Blue States For The Same Exact Thing
Mississippi caught a break on an embezzlement scandal that funneled money to Brett Favre and others.
www.huffpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
The Trump admin, which says it was investigating fraud in Democratic-led states, quietly shelved a massive welfare fraud investigation in Mississippi involving public funds funneled to Brett Favre and others
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Another critical piece of missing context in this story: tax dollars flow from the MSP metro to rural Minnesota. People in the city subsidize the lifestyles of people living in the country minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/04/t...
January 15, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Another critical piece of missing context in this story: tax dollars flow from the MSP metro to rural Minnesota. People in the city subsidize the lifestyles of people living in the country minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/04/t...
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No no — tyranny is when you have to have health insurance, not when I send a rogue paramilitary force into your city to gas protesters
January 15, 2026 at 3:03 PM
No no — tyranny is when you have to have health insurance, not when I send a rogue paramilitary force into your city to gas protesters
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i think this gets at something important which is that normal people are rightly pissed off that they’re having normal time stolen from them by this ravaging horde of jumped up mall cops. everybody has to work in the morning! why is it THEIR job to hold their community together in such a basic way!
🔥 From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social : “This is nuts. What the fuck is going on? I’ve never protested in my life… they tell you it’s immigrants — it’s fucking anybody. They’re just trying to scare people. I’m not paid to be here. I have to work in the morning. This is wrong.”
January 15, 2026 at 2:48 PM
i think this gets at something important which is that normal people are rightly pissed off that they’re having normal time stolen from them by this ravaging horde of jumped up mall cops. everybody has to work in the morning! why is it THEIR job to hold their community together in such a basic way!
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This was the illegal home invasion caught on video where ICE did not have a judicial warrant and entered anyway over resident objections.
Good example of the kind of people ICE is extrajudicially targeting. www.minnpost.com/public-safet...
Attorney: No proper warrant for Minneapolis man's arrest in home
The arrest of Garrison Gibson came in a city increasingly on edge after an immigration agent shot and killed Renee Good last week.
www.minnpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:11 PM
This was the illegal home invasion caught on video where ICE did not have a judicial warrant and entered anyway over resident objections.
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This is why we celebrate the Boston Substack Party, when the patriots wrote strongly worded pamphlets about tea.
Republican on CNN: You peacefully protest with a letter to the editor. You peacefully protest by starting a Substack or a podcast.
January 15, 2026 at 1:08 PM
This is why we celebrate the Boston Substack Party, when the patriots wrote strongly worded pamphlets about tea.
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How to turn some guy calling you a pedophile protector into a multi-day story with this one cool flip.
January 15, 2026 at 3:40 PM
How to turn some guy calling you a pedophile protector into a multi-day story with this one cool flip.
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When Google cuts off the headline at the proper place.
January 15, 2026 at 3:03 PM
When Google cuts off the headline at the proper place.
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ICE is holding Native Americans hostage as a bargaining chip to raid reservations, saying they won't release them until the tribes give up sovereignty.
www.startribune.com/ice-detainin...
www.startribune.com/ice-detainin...
Tribal leaders say ICE is detaining American Indians during immigration sweeps
The Oglala Sioux Tribe is trying to locate four members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
www.startribune.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:36 AM
ICE is holding Native Americans hostage as a bargaining chip to raid reservations, saying they won't release them until the tribes give up sovereignty.
www.startribune.com/ice-detainin...
www.startribune.com/ice-detainin...
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On today's show - @brigidbergin.bsky.social hosts
- @laurajedeed.bsky.social on the ICE agent recruiting
- @nancysolomon2.bsky.social w/the last "Ask Gov Murphy" recap
- Mark Ruffalo on an UWS preservation fight
- @fortune.com on fmr Mayor Adams' crypto venture.
10am, wnyc.org, 93.9FM & AM820
- @laurajedeed.bsky.social on the ICE agent recruiting
- @nancysolomon2.bsky.social w/the last "Ask Gov Murphy" recap
- Mark Ruffalo on an UWS preservation fight
- @fortune.com on fmr Mayor Adams' crypto venture.
10am, wnyc.org, 93.9FM & AM820
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January 15, 2026 at 3:21 PM
On today's show - @brigidbergin.bsky.social hosts
- @laurajedeed.bsky.social on the ICE agent recruiting
- @nancysolomon2.bsky.social w/the last "Ask Gov Murphy" recap
- Mark Ruffalo on an UWS preservation fight
- @fortune.com on fmr Mayor Adams' crypto venture.
10am, wnyc.org, 93.9FM & AM820
- @laurajedeed.bsky.social on the ICE agent recruiting
- @nancysolomon2.bsky.social w/the last "Ask Gov Murphy" recap
- Mark Ruffalo on an UWS preservation fight
- @fortune.com on fmr Mayor Adams' crypto venture.
10am, wnyc.org, 93.9FM & AM820
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is this about Greenland or Minneapolis?
How about we not get into a fight with Scandinavian soldiers in a frozen landscape. Foreign invaders trying that while going "we're bigger than you, back down" has a bad record.
January 14, 2026 at 9:41 PM
is this about Greenland or Minneapolis?
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Twenty people, including 15 college basketball players, face federal charges over a point-shaving scandal affecting at least 29 games.
Sports gambling issues are nothing new, but they're much worse when nearly anyone can wager by touching their phone.
Sports gambling issues are nothing new, but they're much worse when nearly anyone can wager by touching their phone.
20 charged in college hoops point-shaving plot
Twenty men, including many former college basketball players, have been charged in a point-shaving scheme that involved more than 29 games being fixed, according to a federal indictment.
www.espn.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Twenty people, including 15 college basketball players, face federal charges over a point-shaving scandal affecting at least 29 games.
Sports gambling issues are nothing new, but they're much worse when nearly anyone can wager by touching their phone.
Sports gambling issues are nothing new, but they're much worse when nearly anyone can wager by touching their phone.
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sad to see that my story from 2016 in B/R Mag (Bleacher Report's old magazine-style arm) on the 11- and 12-year old youth football team in Beaumont who got death threats for kneeling during the national anthem now just redirects to the homepage.
January 15, 2026 at 2:40 PM
sad to see that my story from 2016 in B/R Mag (Bleacher Report's old magazine-style arm) on the 11- and 12-year old youth football team in Beaumont who got death threats for kneeling during the national anthem now just redirects to the homepage.
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really excited to have Dr Rebecca Hall, author of “Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts” in the shop this weekend talking about writing for the graphic medium in a FREE workshop at 12pm!!
Where:
Sour Cherry Comics
3187 16th st.
SF, CA
When:
12-2pm
Where:
Sour Cherry Comics
3187 16th st.
SF, CA
When:
12-2pm
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
really excited to have Dr Rebecca Hall, author of “Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts” in the shop this weekend talking about writing for the graphic medium in a FREE workshop at 12pm!!
Where:
Sour Cherry Comics
3187 16th st.
SF, CA
When:
12-2pm
Where:
Sour Cherry Comics
3187 16th st.
SF, CA
When:
12-2pm
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i think i’m fully in on “the white house is run by thirtysomething chuds who think grand strategy games are real life”
January 14, 2026 at 11:33 PM
i think i’m fully in on “the white house is run by thirtysomething chuds who think grand strategy games are real life”
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On January 14, after ICE carried out yet another shooting in Minneapolis, a crowd chased them out of the neighborhood and gained control of their vehicles.
In this firsthand account, an anonymous participant describes what took place.
In this firsthand account, an anonymous participant describes what took place.
North Minneapolis Chases Out ICE
After ICE carried out yet another shooting in Minneapolis, a crowd chased them away and gained control of their vehicles. A firsthand account.
crimethinc.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:41 AM
On January 14, after ICE carried out yet another shooting in Minneapolis, a crowd chased them out of the neighborhood and gained control of their vehicles.
In this firsthand account, an anonymous participant describes what took place.
In this firsthand account, an anonymous participant describes what took place.
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SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 2:05 PM
SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
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The murders of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht constitutes one of the great tragedies of the twentieth century.
Read an excerpt from The Murder of Rosa Luxemburg, Klaus Gietinger's careful reconstruction of that fateful night.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/4...
Read an excerpt from The Murder of Rosa Luxemburg, Klaus Gietinger's careful reconstruction of that fateful night.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/4...
January 15, 2026 at 3:11 PM
The murders of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht constitutes one of the great tragedies of the twentieth century.
Read an excerpt from The Murder of Rosa Luxemburg, Klaus Gietinger's careful reconstruction of that fateful night.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/4...
Read an excerpt from The Murder of Rosa Luxemburg, Klaus Gietinger's careful reconstruction of that fateful night.
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/4...
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New: meet ELITE, the Palantir app ICE is using to find neighborhoods to raid. Map interface; officers search for immigrants; click person to bring up individual dossier. This is clearest link between what Palantir is building and ICE's activities on the ground yet www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM
New: meet ELITE, the Palantir app ICE is using to find neighborhoods to raid. Map interface; officers search for immigrants; click person to bring up individual dossier. This is clearest link between what Palantir is building and ICE's activities on the ground yet www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
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For non-German speakers:
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
Liebe Medien, ich kann die Schlagzeile "Keine Einigung zwischen USA und Dänemark" nicht mehr sehen. Wenn ein Bewaffneter eine Bank stürmt, titelt ihr doch auch nicht: "Räuber und Kassiererin finden keinen Konsens über Geldübergabe." Hört auf, imperiale Aggression als normale Diplomatie zu framen.
January 15, 2026 at 11:11 AM
For non-German speakers:
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
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January 15, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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The next Democratic president has a model for what to do with ICE----what Trump has done to USAID, the Ed Department and other agencies, writes @mford.bsky.social. Trump has dismantled agencies he disagrees with, and Dems can do the same. newrepublic.com/article/2053...
Trump Already Gave Us the Blueprint for Abolishing ICE
The public is coming around to the notion that the agency has to be eliminated. Fortunately, this administration and its Supreme Court allies have made that incredibly easy.
newrepublic.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:56 PM
The next Democratic president has a model for what to do with ICE----what Trump has done to USAID, the Ed Department and other agencies, writes @mford.bsky.social. Trump has dismantled agencies he disagrees with, and Dems can do the same. newrepublic.com/article/2053...
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One of the greatest theoretical minds of the European socialist movement and the author of numerous classic works, Rosa Luxemburg, was murdered on this day in 1919.
We're offering 30% all works on or by the great revolutionary and theorist.
We're offering 30% all works on or by the great revolutionary and theorist.
A Rosa Luxemburg Bookshelf
January 15th marks the 106th anniversary of Rosa Luxemburg's murder. A Polish-born Jewish revolutionary and one of the greatest theoretical minds of the European socialist movement. An activist in Ger...
www.versobooks.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:56 PM
One of the greatest theoretical minds of the European socialist movement and the author of numerous classic works, Rosa Luxemburg, was murdered on this day in 1919.
We're offering 30% all works on or by the great revolutionary and theorist.
We're offering 30% all works on or by the great revolutionary and theorist.